Under the Tulip Tree

Author : Michelle Shocklee

Genre : Historical Fiction

Lorenra’s sixteenth birthday is on October 29, 1929. Her mother’s lavish plans are terminated when the stock market crashes and her banker father loses his business. Seven years later, Lenora is an unemployed newspaper reporter. She accepts a position interviewing former slaves for the Federal Writers’ Project where, among others, she meets 101 year-old Frankie Washington whose honest and tragic past eventually touches on Rena’s in a surprising way.