A Million Nightingales

A Million Nightingales
Author: Susan Straight
Publisher: Anchor
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2008-11-26
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0307488268


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From National Book Award finalist Susan Straight comes a haunting historical novel about a Louisiana slave girl's perilous journey to freedom.Daughter of an African mother and a white father she never knew, Moinette is a house maid on a plantation south of New Orleans. At fourteen she is sold, separated from her mother without a chance to say goodbye. Bright, imaginative and well aware of everything she risks, Moinette at once begins to prepare for an opportunity to escape. Inspired by a true story, A Million Nightingales portrays Moinette’s experience–and the treacherous world she must navigate–with uncommon richness, intricacy, and drama.


A Million Nightingales
Language: en
Pages: 370
Authors: Susan Straight
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-11-26 - Publisher: Anchor

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