Leaving Gee's Bend

Ludelphia Bennett may be blind in one eye, but that doesn't

mean she can't put in a good stitch. In fact, Ludelphia sews all

the time, especially when things are going wrong. But when

Mama gets deathly ill, it doesn't seem like even quilting will

help. Mama needs medicine badly-medicine that can only

be found in Camden, over forty miles away. That's when Ludelphia

decides to do something drastic-leave Gee's Bend.

Beyond the cotton fields of her small sharecropping community,

Ludelphia discovers a world she never imagined,

but there's also danger lurking for a young girl on her own.

Set in 1932 and inspired by the rich quilting traditions

of Gee's Bend, Alabama, Leaving Gee's Bend is a delightful story

of a young girl facing a brave new world, presented in a new

paperback edition.