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The novel opens with Lizzie, a slave, coming to a summer holiday place with her master. Without her mistress. It tells of her and her friends as they struggle with their lives as slaves and specifically, female slaves. Female slaves bound to submit to all their masters' whims and caprices.
Stories of slavery render me speechless. Without fail. Their powerlessness, helplessness, scares me to the bone. And I'm not the one living this kind of life. I'm just reading but knowing that things usually go ...more
Stories of slavery render me speechless. Without fail. Their powerlessness, helplessness, scares me to the bone. And I'm not the one living this kind of life. I'm just reading but knowing that things usually go ...more
I'm still thinking about this one, and probably will be for some time. I can't say that I enjoyed reading this book because of the disturbing subject matter - frankly, parts of it turned my stomach. But would I recommend it to others? Yes, I would. Perkins-Valdez took a forgotten piece of history and turned it into a moving story with believable characters. This book made me want to learn more, and because of that, I'm giving it four stars.
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