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Pinewood, North Carlolina

This place provides the main setting for the novel and is where most of the novel's main characters were born, raised, and still call home. It is also a symbol of economic decline, disappointment, and unrealized dreams.

J.J. Ferguson's House

This place symbolizes the wealth and success of one of the novel's main characters. It stands on a hill and is newly built when the novel begins.

Simmy's

This place is popular among Pinewood residents but symbolizes segregation and racism for many of the black people who still live there.

Ava's Infertility

This phenomenon symbolizes disappointment, grief, and unattainable dreams.

Marcus and Sylvia's Relationship

This entity symbolizes hope and the possibility of redemption, as well as one character's enduring generosity of spirit.

Fortune-Telling And Messages From the Dead

These phenomena symbolize several characters' yearning for connections with lost loved ones and/or desire to...

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