The Decatur Book Festival, A Cappella Books and Georgia Center for the Book at DCPL welcome Rita Woods to discuss her new book Remembrance.

 Woods will appear in conversation with Atlanta’s own Joshilyn Jackson, the New York Times bestselling author of The Almost Sisters and Never Have I Ever.


 About Remembrance:

 Remembrance… It’s a rumor, a whisper passed in the fields and veiled behind sheets of laundry. A hidden stop on the underground road to freedom, a safe haven protected by more than secrecy…if you can make it there. Ohio, present day. An elderly woman who is more than she seems warns against rising racism as a young woman grapples with her life.

Haiti, 1791, on the brink of revolution. When the slave Abigail is forced from her children to take her mistress to safety, she discovers New Orleans has its own powers.

1857 New Orleans―a city of unrest: Following tragedy, house girl Margot is sold just before her 18th birthday and her promised freedom. Desperate, she escapes and chases a whisper…. Remembrance.

Rita Woods is a family doctor and the director of a wellness center. When she's not busy working or writing Dr. Woods spends time with her family or at the Homer Glen library where she serves on the Board of Trustees. She lives in Chicago, IL. Her debut novel, Remembrance was published by Forge in 2020. Follow her on Twitter: @RitaWoodsAuthor

A Cappella Books has copies of Remembrance for pre-order online. Shipping, curbside pick-up and local delivery options are available. Click here to purchase Remembrance

Joshilyn Jackson and Rita Woods