Glory Over Everything

By Kathleen Grissom

Book Overview

The latest New York Times bestseller from the author of the beloved book club favorite The Kitchen House is a heart racing story about a man's treacherous journey through the twists and turns of the Underground Railroad on a mission to save the boy he swore to protect. Glory Over Everything is "gripping...breathless until the end" (Kirkus Reviews).

The year is 1830 and Jamie Pyke, a celebrated silversmith and notorious ladies' man, is keeping a deadly secret. Passing as a wealthy white aristocrat in Philadelphian society, Jamie is now living a life he could never have imagined years before when he was a runaway slave, son of a southern black slave and her master. But Jamie's carefully constructed world is threatened when he discovers that his married socialite lover, Caroline, is pregnant and his beloved servant Pan, to whose father Jamie owes his own freedom, has been captured and sold into slavery in the South.

Fleeing the consequences of his deceptions, Jamie embarks on a trip to a North Carolina plantation to save Pan from the life he himself barely escaped as a boy. With the help of a fearless slave, Sukey, who has taken the terrified young boy under her wing, Jamie navigates their way, racing against time and their ruthless pursuers through the Virginia backwoods, the Underground Railroad, and the treacherous Great Dismal Swamp.

"Kathleen Grissom is a first-rate storyteller...she observes with an unwavering but kind eye, and she bestows upon the reader, amid terrible secrets and sin, a gift of mercy: the belief that hope can triumph over hell" (Richmond Times Dispatch). Glory Over Everything is an emotionally rewarding and epic novel "filled with romance, villains, violence, courage, compassion...and suspense." (Florida Courier).

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476748454
• ISBN13: 9781476748450
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: Atria Books
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.2" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

You MUST read this!

If you loved The Kitchen House you simply MUST read this follow up! Lots of tears but so worth it 💗💗💗

Spectacular!

Believable characters and a compelling storyline. I had read "The Kitchen House" years ago and loved it; when I saw this sequel was available, I reread the first book before diving into the second book, and I'm really glad I did. I generally don't reread books, but this author has a true talent, and I have a real interest in early American history. While I don't understand how people could have had slaves, as my ancestors did, I think it's important to understand what African Americans endured. I would highly recommend it. Some people might find some of the content disturbing, isn't slavery itself horribly disturbing?

We are all God’s children...

I Loved This Book!!! Glory Over Everything is a love story that we all can learn from. We are all God’s Children and none of us should ever forget that! Thank You Kathleen Grissom for not only writing this story but for sharing it with us all! I look forward to reading more of your work! ❤️

Finishing the story

After reading "The Kitchen House" I wanted to find out what happened to the characters so I purchased "Glory Over Everything" to find out. I loved both of these books and have shared them with others.

The Kitchen House

Omg!!!!!!!! A Must Read, Could Not Put Down.

I read The Kitchen House a few years ago and loved it so much I subscribed to the author on Goodreads to see when another story would be published. Both books are very good, although if you are going to read one without the other I would read the Kitchen House. Glory Over Everything reiterates a lot of details you might have forgotten or didn't catch in the first book so it may make sense if you pick it up first.....such a gripping story, a must-read.