The Wicker Diary

By Wil Harris

From three generations of diary entries, follow the drama and intrigue in the lives of two families as they look to the future in a sometimes unfair America.The Coffey family begins with black Civil War soldier Tanin Coffey, and his son, Tanin Jr., who struggled to survive as they came to grips with a postwar South, the failures of reconstruction, and the Great Depression.The story continues with Darius Coffey, a World War II veteran, who moved to Florida to work for a group smuggling drugs from Latin America to the United States. His wife, Leona Mihan Coffey, reveals her family's lies and secrets.Dayle Christopher was raised by his Cuban mother and served in the Vietnam War before returning to Miami. After he becomes involved in organized crime, he meets Darius and Leona's daughter Valarie and both of their lives are forever changed, as the next generation finds a place in the world, while making sense of their family's tangled web.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1549933280
• ISBN13: 9781549933288
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 297 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 6.0"