Libertie
(Book)
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Published
Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2021.
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Desc
327 pages ; 24 cm
Status
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Location | Call Number | Status | Due Date |
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Morro Bay Library - Adult Fiction | FIC | Checked Out | May 16, 2024 |
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Published
Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2021.
Format
Book
Edition
First Edition.
Language
English
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"Coming of age as a free-born Black girl in Reconstruction-era Brooklyn, Libertie Sampson is all too aware that her mother, a physician, has a vision for their future together: Libertie will go to medical school and practice alongside her. But Libertie feels stifled by her mother's choices and is constantly reminded that, unlike her mother, Libertie has skin that is too dark. When a young man from Haiti proposes to Libertie and promises she will be his equal on the island, she accepts, only to discover that she is still subordinate to him and all men. As she tries to parse what freedom actually means for a Black woman, Libertie struggles with where she might find it-for herself and for generations to come"--,Provided by publisher.
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