02536cam a22003733u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000320011324500160014526400510016130000470021233600260025933700260028533800360031150000310034750801890037852012270056753400590179465300210185365300330187465300300190765300410193765300310197865300230200985600680203285600430210099900190214372611UtSlPG20260610134659.0mcr n260607r20241927utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPS1 aPeterkin, Julia,d1880-196110aBlack April 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2024  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2024-01-03  aTim Lindell, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)  a"Black April" by Julia Peterkin is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story intricately weaves the lives of Black characters on Sandy Island, focusing on themes of family, tradition, and the complexities of rural life in the South. The opening introduces us to Breeze, an elderly black man anxious about the childbirth of his daughter amid deep fears and superstition, setting the tone for a narrative steeped in folklore and genuine emotion.  The beginning of "Black April" reveals Breeze's anxiety as his daughter struggles in childbirth, highlighting the generational dynamics between him and the elder midwife, Granny. Breeze reflects on the family history and the potential ramifications of his daughter’s situation, including concerns about the father of her child. As he searches for help, calling upon Maum Hannah, a midwife known for her special "birthin’ beads," the narrative delves into themes of maternal struggle and local beliefs surrounding childbirth. The vivid descriptions of the natural environment around Sandy Island enhance the emotional landscape, connecting the characters' fates to the rhythms of the earth and the passage of seasons. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cunknown: Grosset & Dunlap, 1927  aDomestic fiction  aAfrican Americans -- Fiction  aSouth Carolina -- Fiction  aAfrican American families -- Fiction  aPlantation life -- Fiction  aGullahs -- Fiction4 uhttps://archive.org/details/blackapril0000juli/page/n3/mode/2up40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/72611  c113336d113336