Stand the Storm
Autor Breena Clarkeen Limba Engleză Paperback – 23 iun 2009
Even though Sewing Annie Coats and her son, Gabriel, have managed to buy their freedom, their lives are still marked by constant struggle and sacrifice. Washington's Georgetown neighborhood, where the Coatses operate a tailor's shop and laundry, is supposed to be a "promised land" for former slaves but is effectively a frontier town, gritty and dangerous, with no laws protecting black people.
The remarkable emotional energy with which the Coatses wage their daily battles-as they negotiate with their former owner, as they assist escaped slaves en route to freedom, as they prepare for the encroaching war, and as they strive to love each other enough-is what propels Stand the Storm and makes the novel's tragic denouement so devastating.
"A gripping novel about a family's heart-wrenching journey out of slavery." --Baltimore Sun
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780316007054
ISBN-10: 0316007056
Pagini: 352
Dimensiuni: 140 x 210 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.32 kg
Editura: Little, Brown and Company
Colecția Back Bay Books
Locul publicării:United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0316007056
Pagini: 352
Dimensiuni: 140 x 210 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.32 kg
Editura: Little, Brown and Company
Colecția Back Bay Books
Locul publicării:United Kingdom
Notă biografică
Even though Sewing Annie Coats and her son, Gabriel, have managed to buy their freedom, their lives are still marked by constant struggle and sacrifice as they prepare for the encroaching war between the States.
Descriere
Calling all book clubs! Breena Clarke, whose River, Cross My Heart was a 1999 Oprah pick scores again....She tells the deeply affecting story of a family of freed slaves in an evocative, historically rich book that brings the turbulent Civil War period alive' - Time