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Publisher
Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
339 pages ; 24 cm.
Description
"Born in West Africa in the mid-eighteenth century, Maryam Prescilla Grace—a.k.a 'Momma Grace' will live a long, wondrous life marked by hardship, oppression, opportunity, and love. Though she will be 'gifted' various names, her birth name is known to her alone. Over the course of 100-plus years, she survives capture, enslavement by several property owners, the Atlantic crossing when she is only eleven years of age, and a brief stint as a pirate’s...
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Physical Desc
747 pages ; 21 cm
Description
"Ildefonso Falcones nos propone un viaje a una época apasionante, teñida por los prejuicios y la intolerancia. Desde Sevilla hasta Madrid, desde el tumultuoso bullicio de la gitanería hasta los teatros señoriales de la capital, los lectores disfrutarán de un fresco histórico poblado por personajes que viven, aman, sufren y pelean por lo que creen justo. Fiel reflejo de unos hombres y mujeres que no agacharon la cabeza y que alzaron la voz para...
Author
Publisher
Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
295 pages ; 22 cm.
Description
"On a struggling Texas plantation, six enslaved women slip from their sleeping quarters and gather in the woods under the cover of night. The Lucys--as they call the plantation owners, after Lucifer himself--have decided to turn around the farm's bleak financial prospects by making the women bear children. They have hired a "stockman" to impregnate them. But the women are determined to protect themselves. Now each of the six faces a choice. Nan, the...
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