-Timeliness: Through a fictional story in modern time interwoven with true memories from the Civil Rights Era of the 1960s, East of Troost is a perfectly timely reminder that racism has a long history in our country, and that it is not easy to diagnose or cure. This book will resonate with Boomers -a huge audience market. This novel combines a modern literary novel with an interior memoir of the turbulent sixties, a unique approach to looking at race and place in a large Midwestern city.
This book already has a blurb from New York Times best-selling author Beth Lisick: Barker has written a book that should give women of a certain age and privilege a lot to think about. What happens when you try to go home again, and what can you learn in the process?