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Title: Uncle Otto

Author: Winfred Cook

Narrator: Winfred Cook

Format: Unabridged

Length: 14 hrs and 37 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-23-17

Publisher: Winfred Cook Naration

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Long before moving away from The Bottom, the poor black district of Beaumont, Arkansas, David and Mary Green yearn to escape the rural south and find a better life. The family steals away in the night, seeking a new beginning in St. Louis, Missouri. Even though St. Louis is more than they hoped for, their son, Otto, succumbs to the draw of the streets; he's lured into the dangerous world of bootlegging alcohol at the height of Prohibition.

This fictional story of a large African American family from Arkansas and their move to a new life in St. Louis documents the history of black migration to the north in the 1920s and '30s. Cook vividly captures the tone of the times in this story filled with details of the family's life - from births, marriages, separations, and deaths, to their compelling experiences with racism and Jim Crow laws, criminal activity, and, eventually, redemption.

Written in memoir form, Uncle Otto is a nostalgic tribute to Winfred Cook's disabled uncle.

Members Reviews:

Uncle Otto by Winfred Cook

This is a moving story that grabbed me in the first few pages. I became vested in Otto, his father and mother, and wanted to find out what made Uncle Otto the way he was. Being from St. Louis it was interesting to 'see' the author's take on parts of the city that I know, at the turn of the last century. The author delves into race relations in the South and the North, relationships between men and women, relationships within the Black race, and relationships between parents and children. I thoroughly enjoyed the book and highly recommend it.

Easy to read!

This fictious story reads like a historical novel of life in the 20's

in America. The reader has a chance to experience what it was like for a African-American family, who were poor and living in the rural south.

An opportunity opens up for them for them to move to the north

and experience 'big city' life. With clarity and ease, the author

weaves a story of a family's survival during those times.

It was informative and entertaining.

Nancy L. Howe

Must read!!!

Excellent read!!!

Great!!!

Kirkus Dicoveries...

Cook offers readers a complex saga detailing a generation's worth of stories about an African-American

family who hopes to better their situation by moving from the rural South to a northern city.

David Green knew as soon as he arrived that he didn't want to live in the Bottom forever. Little more than

an Arkansas shantytown set up for the black servants of rich whites, it didn't offer him much more than a place to get in trouble. For his wife, Mary, however, it was the only home she'd ever known, and she was even more reluctant to leave after she gave birth to her first child, a boy named Otto. Through a curious turn of fate, the family ends up in St. Louis, where David can finally pursue his dreams. As Otto grows, he becomes a wild child, getting involved in gangs and illegal moonshine trade. Eventually, he gets in over his head and comes home, only to be poisoned by a crazy lover and end up paralyzed, living out his days in his parents' home. Though his story combines real historical

events from Cook's family history with fiction, it reads like a memoir. This adds a personal touch but can be confusing for the reader, as the style is generally associated with accounts of true events.