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The American daughters : a novel /

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Thorndike, Maine : Center Point Large Print, 2024Copyright date: �2024Edition: Center Point Large Print editionDescription: 367 pages (large print) : map ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9798891642010
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 813/.6 23/eng/2019
LOC classification:
  • PS3618.U4338 A84 2024d
Summary: "Ady, a curious, sharp-witted girl, and her fierce mother, Sanite, are inseparable. Enslaved to a businessman in the French Quarter of New Orleans, the pair spend their days dreaming of a loving future and reminiscing about their family's rebellious and storied history. When mother and daughter are separated, Ady is left hopeless and directionless until she stumbles into the Mockingbird Inn and meets Lenore, a free Black woman with whom she becomes fast friends. Lenore invites Ady to join a clandestine society of spies called the Daughters. With the courage instilled in her by Sanite -- and with help from these strong women -- Ady learns how to put herself first. So begins her journey toward liberation and imagining a new future. The American Daughters is a novel of hope and triumph that reminds us what is possible when a community bands together to fight for their freedom."--
List(s) this item appears in: New Large Print
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LP LP Chamberlin Free Public Library Large Print LP RUF (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 34480000601173

Regular print version previously published by One World.

"Ady, a curious, sharp-witted girl, and her fierce mother, Sanite, are inseparable. Enslaved to a businessman in the French Quarter of New Orleans, the pair spend their days dreaming of a loving future and reminiscing about their family's rebellious and storied history. When mother and daughter are separated, Ady is left hopeless and directionless until she stumbles into the Mockingbird Inn and meets Lenore, a free Black woman with whom she becomes fast friends. Lenore invites Ady to join a clandestine society of spies called the Daughters. With the courage instilled in her by Sanite -- and with help from these strong women -- Ady learns how to put herself first. So begins her journey toward liberation and imagining a new future. The American Daughters is a novel of hope and triumph that reminds us what is possible when a community bands together to fight for their freedom."--

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