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Reviewed by Karen Pirnot for Readers' Favorite
"Blues in the Wind-ReVisited" is a redo of the original book by Whitney LeBlanc. As a reader, I am grateful she took the time to reformulate the book as it was thoroughly enjoyable. The novel is set in small town Louisiana in the 1930's and it spans events through the 1950's where social change had its beginnings throughout the nation. It details the trials and tribulations of three generations of Cajun men and women as they go about attempting to find their place in a predominantly White society in the South. The Creole/Negro culture is historically depicted as the setting for the attempted advancement of the family members whose fascinating character portrayals tell the deep and dark secrets of the attempts to fit into a shifting culture.
LeBlanc has marvelously believable characters. Even those you want to boycott turn out being people deserving of understanding and compassion. The theme is the background to the Ferguson's family's rise and fall in society and the research behind the Blues phenomenon is wonderful as it ebbs and flows through the lives of Martha and her brother Lightfoot, each of whom has to make decisions that determine their pathways in an uncertain life. Hopes, fears and motivations are all explored in a manner which draws in the reader and helps with the virtual experience of life in that era. This is one of those books that you want to keep on your shelf and re-read in a few years, just for the emotional experience.
