Cover; THE TREE OF FORGETFULNESS; 1 Howard Aimar; 2 Curtis N.R. Barrett; 3 Howard Aimar; 4 Curtis N.R. Barrett; 5 Howard Aimar; 6 Minnie Settles; 7 Aubrey Timmerman; 8 Howard Aimar; 9 Libba Aimar; 10 Minnie Settles; 11 Curtis N.R. Barrett; 12 Lewis Aimar; 13 Howard Aimar; 14 Howard Aimar and Curtis N.R. Barrett; 15 Aubrey Timmerman; 16 Howard Aimar; 17 The Curious Grandchild; 18 Ezekial Settles; Acknowledgments
In The Tree of Forgetfulness, writer Pam Durban, winner of the Lillian Smith Book Award, continues her exploration of southern history and memory. This mesmerizing and disquieting novel recovers the largely untold story of a brutal Jim Crow-era triple lynching in Aiken County, South Carolina. Through the interweaving of several characters' voices, Durban produces a complex narrative in which each section reveals a different facet of the event. The Tree of Forgetfulness resurrects a troubled past and explores the individual and collective loyalties that led a community to choose silence over ju
