Elizabeth hartley winthrop. as the sun begins to set over louisiana one october day in 1943, a young black man faces the final hours of his life: at midnight, eighteen year old willie jones will be executed by electric chair for raping a white girl a crime some believe he did not commit. in a tale taut with tension, events unfold hour by hour. This is one of those novels that is so descriptive and atmospheric that you can actually feel the intensity of the stifling summer heat in louisiana i ate.
The mercy seat by elizabeth h. winthrop 258 pp. grove press. $26 it takes a brave writer to compose a novel about the execution of an african american man in the deep south when the topic has. The mercy seat. by elizabeth h. winthrop ‧ release date: may 8, 2018. the imminent execution of a black man shows the level of injustice a town’s white residents are willing to endure in this historical novel inspired by real events. eighteen year old willie jones sits in a louisiana jail cell in 1943 awaiting his final punishment, death. Elizabeth’s friend comments. no comments have been added yet. elizabeth hartley winthrop is the author of the mercy seat (4.10 avg rating, 2270 ratings, 358 reviews, published 2018), december (3.12 avg rating, 1146. Book summary. an incisive, meticulously crafted portrait of race, racism, and injustice in the jim crow era south that is as intimate and tense as a stage drama, the mercy seat is a stunning account of one town's foundering over a trauma in their midst. on the eve of his execution, eighteen year old willie jones sits in his cell in new iberia.
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