A Million Nightingales |
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| Authors: | Straight, Susan |
| Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |
| BISAC/Subject: | FIC014000, FIC019000 |
| ISBN: | 9780307488268, Related ISBNs: 0307488268, 0375423648, 140009559X, 9780307488268, 9780375423642 |
| Classification: | Fiction |
| Number of pages: | 368, |
| Audience: | General/trade |
Synopsis: From National Book Award finalist Susan Straight comes a haunting historical novel about a Louisiana slave girl's perilous journey to freedom.Daughter of an African mother and a white father she never knew, Moinette is a house maid on a plantation south of New Orleans. At fourteen she is sold, separated from her mother without a chance to say goodbye. Bright, imaginative and well aware of everything she risks, Moinette at once begins to prepare for an opportunity to escape. Inspired by a true story, A Million Nightingales portrays Moinette’s experience–and the treacherous world she must navigate–with uncommon richness, intricacy, and drama.
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