<p>Aaron Roy Even's startling， imagistic debut takes its cue from a true event: In 1936， in a small town near Charlottesville， Virginia， an aging black caretaker and his sister shot dead a white sheriff acting on orders to turn them off their land. <br />
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In Bloodroot， Even explores the circumstances leading up to this violent standoff and the tragedy that followed as seen through the eyes of Elsa， a young， white county employee fresh out of school and filled with aspiration and illusion， and those of Wesley， the aging black caretaker of a vanished family's estate.<br />
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While Elsa struggles to retain her authority and self-respect， Wesley is haunted by past concessions and his sister's attachment to the land. When he stands in the way of a proposed turpentine plant by refusing</p>
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