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Author:

Woods, Rita, author.

Title:

Remembrance [large print] / Rita Woods.

Format:

[large print] /

Edition:

Large print edition.

Publisher:

Thorndike Pressa part of Gale, a Cengage Company,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

677 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Fugitive slaves--Fiction.
Slave insurrections--Fiction.
Women--Fiction.
Earthquakes--Haiti--Fiction.
Underground Railroad--Fiction.
Haiti--History--Revolution, 1791-1804.
New Orleans (La.)--History--19th century.
Large type books.
Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Novels.

Summary:

"Remembrance...It's a rumor, a whisper passed in the fields and veiled behind sheets of laundry. A hidden stop on the underground road to freedom, a safe haven protected by more than secrecy...if you can make it there. Ohio, present day. A refugee struggling to rebuild her life in America after the devastating Haitian earthquake is suddenly inexplicably bound to a mysterious old woman who is not at all what she seems. Haiti, 1791, on the brink of revolution. When the slave Abigail is forced from her children to take her mistress to safety, she discovers New Orleans has its own powers. 1857 New Orleans-a city of unrest: Following tragedy, house girl Margot is sold just before her 18th birthday and her promised freedom. Desperate, she escapes and chases a whisper.... Remembrance"-- Provided by publisher.

Series:

Thorndike Press large print African-American.

ISBN:

1432873385
9781432873387

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1137263208

Locations:

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)