Mudbound / Hillary Jordan / 328 pages / 2 Turtle Doves Christmas Challenge

This is a rather depressing, anger-inciting story depicting prejudice in the South during the 1940's.  Told in alternating chapters by the McAllans and the Jacksons and read by a multitude of actors, Mudbound tells the story of Henry McAllan who works hard to provide for his family, and his irascible pap, his wife Laura - who prefers the city but must live in a rather destitute farm house, and their tenant farmers, the Jacksons.  The Jacksons are good, hard-working, capable people who struggle to make a success of their acres.  Their son Ronsel is in Europe with a tank division.  Henry's brother Jamie is in the Air Force flying bombing missions in Europe.  When the two return home, they strike up a friendship which arouses bigotry, hatred, and violence.