Wellesley, MA - A Walk Among Blue Slate Markers, Edith M. S. Ingram's debut historical novel, set in England and rural Virginia is a psychological narrative that explores with a laser like precision the complex and shattered lives of slaveholders and those they enslaved.

When Arrianna visits an old family cemetery, neglected by generations of Rylands, she comes face to face with her past, and though the past is filled with pain, Arrianna cannot turn away. Watching from one of the Blue Slate Markers is her great great grandmother, Vashti, and when she sees that Arrianna is willing to confront her past, she calls to her:

"Over here, Arrianna. Your great grandmother, Celia, and I have been waiting a long time for your visit. If you give us a voice, we will take you on a journey that you will never forget. Hurry. Don't tarry. We will meet other travelers along the way."

Arrianna's journey takes her to England and Africa; however, it is at the Irongate plantation in Virginia where she meets the most interesting and troubled travelers. To each traveler, Arrianna gives a voice, but because of the polyglot of dialects, accents, languages that she encounters, she tells their story in her own voice. And it is their stories that are told in A Walk Among Blue Slate Markers.

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