- Publisher: Old Gold Soul Press
- Available in: Paperback, Ebook
- Available: April 15, 2025
The silence of a spiritual community is shattered by the murder of one of their own.
Jordan and Rahman Gaffney-Bruce, married men building a life together after a twenty-year courtship, move into the eccentric Washington neighborhood known as Slope. Built precariously on a hill, Slope is home to descendants of the Great Migration. They belong to a Black community now trapped in a cycle of spiritual depression, members clinging to one another for hope.
The Gaffney-Bruces gather with the other residents every Sunday in quiet prayer and contemplation, in hopes that their collective dreams will be realized: To be seen. To be known. To thrive—on their own terms.
The people of the neighborhood include Pops, the quiet old man who has seen it all; Miss Sandra, the matriarch and maven of Sunday dinners; Royce, one of the few good cops left; and the Gang of Four—soft-spoken Peek, angry Korey, flamboyant Ziggy, and Gino, the natural leader.
When one of the youths is felled by gun violence, generations-old secrets threaten to unravel the serenity of this peculiar community.
A Peculiar Legacy:
A Novel by Rashid Darden
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A Peculiar Tour
- April 2025: Southeastern Yearly Meeting Annual Sessions, Sarasota, Florida
- May 23-26, 2025: DC Black Pride, Capitol Hilton
- Sunday, June 1, 2025: Friends Meeting of Washington (Tentative)
- Friday, June 20, 2025: Southern Appalachian Yearly Meeting and Association Annual Sessions, Berea, Kentucky (Tentative)