If Sons, Then Heirs

Cover art for If Sons, Then Heirs

Lorene Cary

2012

Washington Square Press

“Engaging. . . . Cary creates characters with such full-bodied life that their predicaments remain vivid.”—The New York Times Book Review

“An absorbing and moving tale”—Publishers Weekly

"A triumph. With If Sons, Then Heirs, the writer pulls off a rare feat: a juicy family saga filled with historical and cultural context, tied together with the assured hand of a literary craftsman."—Patrik Henry Bass, Essence