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A Sitting in St. James: An Epic YA Historical Novel of Slavery, Secrets, and Brutal Truths in Antebellum Louisiana

Rita Williams-Garcia

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Description:An unmissable tour de force from three-time National Book Award finalist and Coretta Scott King Award–winning author Rita Williams-Garcia, who memorably tells the stories of one white family and the enslaved people who work for them. Essential reading for teens and adults who are grappling with our country’s history of racism.This astonishing novel about the interwoven lives of those bound to a plantation in antebellum America is an epic masterwork—empathetic, brutal, and entirely human.1860, Louisiana. After serving as mistress of Le Petit Cottage for more than six decades, Madame Sylvie Guilbert has decided, in spite of her family’s indifference, to sit for a portrait.But there are other important stories to be told on the Guilbert plantation. Stories that span generations, from the big house to out in the fields, of routine horrors, secrets buried as deep as the family fortune, and the tangled bonds of descendants and enslaved.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A Sitting in St. James: An Epic YA Historical Novel of Slavery, Secrets, and Brutal Truths in Antebellum Louisiana. To get started finding A Sitting in St. James: An Epic YA Historical Novel of Slavery, Secrets, and Brutal Truths in Antebellum Louisiana, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: An unmissable tour de force from three-time National Book Award finalist and Coretta Scott King Award–winning author Rita Williams-Garcia, who memorably tells the stories of one white family and the enslaved people who work for them. Essential reading for teens and adults who are grappling with our country’s history of racism.This astonishing novel about the interwoven lives of those bound to a plantation in antebellum America is an epic masterwork—empathetic, brutal, and entirely human.1860, Louisiana. After serving as mistress of Le Petit Cottage for more than six decades, Madame Sylvie Guilbert has decided, in spite of her family’s indifference, to sit for a portrait.But there are other important stories to be told on the Guilbert plantation. Stories that span generations, from the big house to out in the fields, of routine horrors, secrets buried as deep as the family fortune, and the tangled bonds of descendants and enslaved.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A Sitting in St. James: An Epic YA Historical Novel of Slavery, Secrets, and Brutal Truths in Antebellum Louisiana. To get started finding A Sitting in St. James: An Epic YA Historical Novel of Slavery, Secrets, and Brutal Truths in Antebellum Louisiana, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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A Sitting in St. James: An Epic YA Historical Novel of Slavery, Secrets, and Brutal Truths in Antebellum Louisiana

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