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Wench
I just started reading Wench by Dolen Perkins-Valdez. I had to read it. Most of the story is set in Ohio.
National Public Radio did a feature on the book the other day. This is a book about relationships between masters and slaves. Here is how they set the scene:
“It is this relationship that Dolen Perkins-Valdez explores in her novel “Wench.” Set mostly on a resort in Ohio, where Southern slave owners sometimes vacationed with the slaves who were their mistresses, the story focuses on four of these women: Lizzie, Reenie, Sweet and Mawu, a newcomer tempted by the scent of freedom in the North who begins to talk about escape. Mawu’s defiance unsettles Lizzie’s world and her complex relationship with a man who is her owner and the father of her children.”
That’s Wench (Amistad). You’ll be hearing more about this book…
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