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Property
Author: Valerie Martin
Set in the surreal heat of the antebellum South during a slave rebellion, Property takes the form of a dramatic monologue, bringing to the page a voice rarely heard in American fiction: the voice of a woman slaveholder. Manon Gaudet is pretty and petulant, self-absorbed and bored. She has come to a sugar plantation north of New Orleans as a brid...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780349115832
ISBN-10: 0349115834
Publication Date: 9/4/2003
Pages: 224
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4.8 stars, based on 2 ratings
Publisher: Abacus
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio CD
Members Wishing: 2
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Interesting view point & quick read
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I liked this book a lot - as a matter of fact, I thought it was too short!! I would have liked it go farther into the future with the main character. Very interesting period in time and I liked the fact that this story was told from a woman's point of view.
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Property is a novel set in the early 1800's, told in the voice of a very unhappy plantation owners wife. Amids slave uprisings she has to deal with her husbands obvious infidelity with a slave girl, Sarah. I read this one in a few hours, couldn't put it down!


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