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04020aam a22005658i 4500 001 23492C12C06F11EC8BCEBD203FECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220420010009 008 210408t20222022nyu e 000 f eng 010 $a 2021014834 020 $a 0063062232 020 $a 9780063062238 020 $a 0063062224 020 $a 9780063062221 035 $a (OCoLC)1245960898 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d BDX $d YDX $d ON8 $d IK2 $d RNL $d OCLCO $d IMT $d IOU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a nwpr--- 050 00 $a PS3612.L36 $b W66 2022 082 00 $a 813/.6 $2 23 100 1 $a Llanos-Figueroa, Dahlma, $e author. 245 12 $a A woman of endurance / $c Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, $c [2022] 300 $a x, 341 pages ; $c 24 cm 505 0 $a Losing YemayaÌ -- A new world -- In SimoÌn's eyes, I -- The hands of men -- Hacienda las Mercedes -- In SimoÌn's eyes, II -- The world of women -- Beyond Las Agujas -- Back to the fields -- In SimoÌn's mind, I -- The healing tree -- Then hands of women -- In SimoÌn's mind, II -- The faces of love -- Tiempo muerto -- When the rains come -- Holes -- Finding Chachita -- Discoveries -- In SimoÌn's heart, I -- Gains -- Losses -- Revelations -- In SimoÌn's heart, II -- New pathways -- Celebration. 520 $a "A groundbreaking historical novel from a heralded author that explores the seldom discussed Puerto Rican Atlantic Slave Trade. At a time when importing humans from Africa had been prohibited by the Spanish Crown, Pola and other slave women provide their master with babies who are immediately taken away and sold on the auction block. Her serial rapes by a number of men are routine and often provided entertainment for the master and his friends. Understandably she grows into an angry, distrustful and combative woman who lives life in survival mode at all times. After repeated attempts at escape and having been beaten almost to death, she is sent to a new plantation owner as payment of a gambling debt. Pola's life in the second plantation is much more bearable than her past experience. In this new hacienda, she is taken in by a supportive group of other enslaved black women. Within the confines of this enslaved community, she encounters a wide variety of people and situations that are new to her. Cautious and still hostile, she begins to find her way this new environment and the people in it, leading to conflicting feelings and much soul-searching. Among the people she meets is a Chachita, a young woman who becomes a surrogate daughter to her, and SimoÌn, a man who, amazingly, takes nothing from her and offers her a hand in friendship. Her physical and emotional wounds begin to heal as she finds more freedom of movement and emotional support than she has known since captivity. Ultimately, she begins to reconcile her brutal past with a more nurturing present in which she allows herself to trust and love again"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Plantation life $z Puerto Rico $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Women slaves $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Psychic trauma $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Female friendship $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Historical fiction. $2 lcgft 941 $a 15 952 $l GOPG641 $d 20240409042225.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20231213010528.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20231010033302.0 952 $l SKPC094 $d 20230420010527.0 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20230418011049.0 952 $l WAPD715 $d 20230401010506.0 952 $l SEPC074 $d 20220906014016.0 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20220804024834.0 952 $l DBPE173 $d 20220729010141.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20220630014734.0 952 $l TDPH826 $d 20220630010641.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20220630010303.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20220615010055.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20220601010217.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20220420010050.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=23492C12C06F11EC8BCEBD203FECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search