Genre: Historical Fiction
Publisher: Norton, W.W. & Company, 2008
Pages: 512
Rating: Highly Recommend
Synopsis: Kidnapped as a child from Africa, Aminata Diallo is enslaved in South Carolina but escapes during the chaos of the Revolutionary War. In Manhattan she becomes a scribe for the British, recording the names of blacks who have served the King and earned freedom in Nova Scotia. But the hardship and prejudice there prompt her to follow her heart back to Africa, then on to London, where she bears witness to the injustices of slavery and its toll on her life and a whole people. It is a story that no listener, and no reader, will ever forget.
Review: I can only imagine the amount of research that went into this book.
The Washington Post says, "Hill's hugely impressive historical work is completely engrossing and deserves a wide, international readership." They hit the nail on the head. It is engrossing, a true page turner. Meena comes alive for the reader.
As a student of history, as a woman, as a mom. . .I loved this novel on every level.
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