Dorothy Joan Riley

The Purging of Monica Campbell Dorothy Joan Riley

THE PURGING OF MONICA CAMPBELL is the sometimes brutal account of one young woman struggling to escape generations of family dysfunction. It takes place in a small town in the Cumberland Mountains against the backdrop of the conflict in Vietnam and the struggle for racial equality.
The lynching of a young, black anti-war demonstrator triggers painful memories long repressed in Moe. While wrestling with these, she must also challenge law enforcement to investigate this crime.
THE PURGING OF MONICA CAMPBELL is a frank and unflinching account of the worst of one family?s depravity, but is also a testament to a belief in change.