Freedom’s Child

‘This is a tense, absorbing read with a restless energy about it that appealed to me completely … I’m sticking with this author for life’

Liz Loves Books

Dedication (#ub6d34756-5c0b-52b8-a60d-2d9ff4814665)

For Babchi and the boss of the city.

And to Pat Raia, the Robin to my Gotham.

Table of Contents

Cover (#u56d7b2c1-dbaa-54b5-815b-af12576bb4b7)

Title Page (#u26ca5559-dde6-5025-9bf2-cf198e4f2b4e)

Copyright (#uf8aa6bbc-bdcf-5b2f-8e71-1ee96a69d9ab)

Praise for Freedom’s Child (#u7d5e3ac3-fa09-5925-a425-a70acaa271ab)

Dedication (#u6d3513d9-de0d-54da-8672-427866da217f)

Prologue (#ud8bf4d10-2efd-546c-a033-ab1d2be60f88)

Part I (#u16e12284-2f56-50f4-8c3c-539bec733ca1)

Chapter 1: Freedom and the Whippersnappers (#ud4977b68-ae6b-5b4b-9b65-d1e9676ab954)

Chapter 2: Mason and Violet (#u43431381-4a85-5c5a-9f96-f84beccdac82)

Chapter 3: The Cockroach (#ubc6b567f-624e-5957-92de-8cd63090f5cc)

Chapter 4: Home to ma (#ua42be685-39a3-5bd6-9bd0-499f712c80cb)

Chapter 5: The Need to Know (#ufb03a25a-211d-5fc3-a84f-c527db2fe7e9)

Chapter 6: The Music of the Devil (#u808c1971-366c-58a8-9909-c0da12815373)

Chapter 7: High School Sweetheart (#ue687136b-718c-5268-8560-75e71dd65a78)

Chapter 8: The Suicide Jar (#u3ffad805-b46b-505e-8558-50f5bf04a4fa)

Chapter 9: Freedom and Passion (#u19b840ea-5b75-567d-9d65-1b9d77720399)

Chapter 10: The Delaney House (#u7c267fd4-4e14-5c83-8368-7cf40b9ad821)

Chapter 11: Copper (#u9a3cfaf3-6112-533b-9eb9-7e2794ee8974)

Chapter 12: The Firm and the Archangel (#u1d3872f9-09b0-504b-8c38-bcabb104cd31)

Chapter 13: On The Breast (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 14: Mattley (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 15: The Empty Womb (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 16: Peter (#litres_trial_promo)

Part II (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 17: The Bluegrass (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 18: Freedom in Jesus (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 19: The Third-Day Adventists (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 20: The Nose of a Viper (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 21: A Favor (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 22: The Land of Freedom (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 23: Freedom and Sacrifice (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 24: Freedom and the Road Less Traveled (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 25: Cat’s Cradle (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 26: The End of Autumn (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 27: America the Beautiful (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 28: Charmed (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 29: The Legend of Freedom (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 30: Cuckoo (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 31: Sunset (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 32: Run, Rebekah, Run (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 33: Speak Udda Debble (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 34: The Whipping Post (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 35: Freedom and Discovery (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 36: Retired (#litres_trial_promo)