THE LONG JOURNEY HOME

Meet Rambler, a runaway slave roaming the countryside with a guitar, who knows the only way to stay free is to keep moving. Louis is another runaway, fleeing the plantation where he was raised, because he is about to be sold. And Jake and Mandy’s marriage is damaged by slavery—and destroyed by freedom. Here is the African-American experience, brought alive by a master storyteller. Lester has an eye for capturing the essence of a human experience.…[His work] boldly proclaims the heritage of African-Americans.