Publisher's Synopsis
Set in the early twentieth century, Rosie's Blues is the story of an intelligent, talented, and ambitious young woman with a bright future ahead of her; with many storm clouds in her way. One of the many obstacles that's keeping Rosie Mae Jackson from achieving further success is residing in the deep-south where her aspirations are limited as a Negro woman. To provide a life of abundance for their daughter, Rosie's parents; Joseph and Elizabeth would venture from the south to join thousands of Negros in the north during the Great Migration Movement, where they would find prosperity in the industrious St. Louis, Missouri. But when tragedy strikes and Joseph is killed in a race riot, Rosie life is thrown out of balance when she may have no choice but to drop out of school to help her ailing mother make ends meet. When all fails and her mother's health continues to deteriorate, Rosie packs her tattered suitcase and leaves home for Chicago to embark on a risky business she never deemed possible for herself. Rosie would go on to make choices she never thought she would have to, including going against her devote, Christian mother wishes, that may put their relationship in serious turmoil. But as times get harder and life continues to throw difficult challenges her way, the words of her late father continue to live on within her: "Sometimes, Baby Gal, You gotta do what you gotta do."
