The Making of Isaac Hunt

By Linda Leigh Hargrove

Description:

At his grandfather's deathbed, Isaac Hunt, a black man with blue eyes and skin so fair he looks white, learns his parents aren't really his parents. Armed with only his birth mother's name and the city where she last lived and reeling from betrayal, he goes in search of her and in search of the truth about his past. His odyssey takes him deep into the south, where a racial hate group known as the United Front still rules the small town of his birth, and where more than one person does not want Isaac to uncover the truth about who he his. Along the way, he must deal with issues of faith and forgiveness in this coming-of-age novel about race, identity, courage, and truth.

Book Takeaway:

Forgiveness is an act of real love, given by a big God, in our lives. It lets go. It doesn't keep score.

Why the author wrote this book:

My husband and I were leading racial reconciliation discussion groups through a Raleigh, NC based urban ministry when I started writing this story. It was my vision that the book be used as a relevant, engaging discussion tool to illustrate how racial reconciliation can impact our lives today.