Reaching back

Mignon Samuals had always ben a striver, reaching out with both hands to grab her dreams. She'd married a man whose success and "high-yella" skin offered passage into the promise land of the black middle class. She'd borne him three beautiful daughters, tasted all that money can buy. But money can't mend a marriage broken by cruelty and pain, and after too many unhappy years, Mignon is determined to seek her own way. A well-worn leather journal is her guide, a book passed down through the women of Mignon's family. It teems with the wisdom of generations, chronicling the hardships and…