Wench: a novel
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Wench by Dolen Perkins-Valdez is startling and original fiction that raises provocative questions of power and freedom, love and dependence. An enchanting and unforgettable novel based on little-known fact, Wench combines the narrative allure of Cane Riverby Lal ita Tademy and the moral complexities of Edward P. Jones's The Known World as it tells the story of four black enslaved women in the years preceding the Civil War. A stunning debut novel, Wench marks author Perkins-Valdez--previously a finalist for the 2009 Robert Olen Butler Short Fiction Prize--as a writer destined for greatness.
Subjects
Subjects
African American Fiction
Audiobooks
Fiction
Fugitive slaves
Fugitive slaves -- Fiction
Historical Fiction
History
Large type books
Literature
Ohio -- Fiction
Ohio -- History -- 1787-1865 -- Fiction
Resorts
Resorts -- Fiction
Resorts -- Ohio -- 19th century -- Fiction
Social conditions
Women slaves
Women slaves -- Fiction
Women slaves -- Ohio -- Social conditions -- Fiction
Audiobooks
Fiction
Fugitive slaves
Fugitive slaves -- Fiction
Historical Fiction
History
Large type books
Literature
Ohio -- Fiction
Ohio -- History -- 1787-1865 -- Fiction
Resorts
Resorts -- Fiction
Resorts -- Ohio -- 19th century -- Fiction
Social conditions
Women slaves
Women slaves -- Fiction
Women slaves -- Ohio -- Social conditions -- Fiction
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9780061706561
9780307713711
9781410431790
9780061706547
006170654
9780307713704
9780061966354
9780307713711
9781410431790
9780061706547
006170654
9780307713704
9780061966354
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available_at_catalog | Bordeaux, Hadley Park, Main Kids, Main Library, Thompson Lane |
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display_description | Tawawa House in many respects is like any other American resort before the Civil War. Situated in Ohio, this idyllic retreat is particularly nice in the summer when the Southern humidity is too much to bear. The main building, with its luxurious finishes, is loftier than the white cottages that flank it,but then again, the smaller structures are better positioned to catch any breeze that may come off the pond. And they provide more privacy, which best suits the needs of the Southern white men who vacation there every summer with their black, enslaved mistresses. It's their open secret. Lizzie, Reenie, and Sweet are regulars at Tawawa House. They have become friends over the years as they reunite and share developments in their own lives and on their respective plantations. They don't bother too much with questions of freedom, though the resort is situated in free territory-but when truth-telling Mawu comes to the resort and starts talking of running away, things change. |
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publishDate | 2010 |
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subject_facet | Audiobooks, Fugitive slaves -- Fiction, Large type books, Ohio -- Fiction, Ohio -- History -- 1787-1865 -- Fiction, Resorts -- Fiction, Resorts -- Ohio -- 19th century -- Fiction, Women slaves -- Fiction, Women slaves -- Ohio -- Social conditions -- Fiction |
title_display | Wench : a novel |
title_full | Wench, Wench : a novel / Dolen Perkins-Valdez, Wench A Novel, Wench [sound recording] / by Dolen Perkins-Valdez, Wench [text (large print)] / Dolen Perkins-Valdez |
title_short | Wench : |
title_sub | a novel |
topic_facet | African American Fiction, Audiobooks, Fiction, Fugitive slaves, Historical Fiction, History, Large type books, Literature, Resorts, Social conditions, Women slaves |