Let the Lion Eat Straw (Everyman Fiction) - Softcover

'A family saga packed with birth, death, madness, rape, poverty; success - yet all in 180 pages of concise, poetically simple prose... a novel often.beautiful, always worthy of respect' Harriett Gilbert, Time Out. - Abeba Williams Lavoisier was born poor, black and illegitimate in America's rural South and grew up in Brooklyn. She was bright and pretty and her exceptional musical talent promised one avenue of escape, but her life proved to be a hard one, beset with disappointments, injustice and violence. Only through determination and sheer resilience of spirit would she be able to carve out a decent life for herself and her family. This is a moving and triumphant novel, written in rich, poetic prose that flows irresistibly on the cadences of black speech and gospel rhythms.- This book is a miracle... As a debut it is astounding; as an achievement it is even more so' Bernard Levin, Sunday Times.