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Truevine by Beth Macy

Prompt: A Book by a Local Author

"The true story of two albino African-American brothers, George and Willie Muse, who were displayed as circus freaks and held in virtual slavery in the 1920s. Much of the book takes place near my hometown, and I learned that there were huge KKK rallies at the time, something they never told us in school. When I got to the end of the book and the death of Willie at the age of over 100, I almost cried." — Kelly