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The Wedding Gift
The Wedding Gift
Author: Marlen Suyapa Bodden
In 1852, when prestigious Alabama plantation owner Cornelius Allen gives his daughter Clarissa's hand in marriage, she takes with her a gift: Sarah -- her slave and her half-sister. Raised by an educated mother, Clarissa is not the proper Southern belle she appears to be, with ambitions of loving whom she chooses. Sarah equally hides behind ...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9781250026385
ISBN-10: 1250026385
Publication Date: 9/24/2013
Pages: 320
Edition: 1
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  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
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3.9 stars, based on 13 ratings
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio CD
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mom2nine avatar reviewed The Wedding Gift on + 343 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
Another book about slavery. If this book has a new thought, it would be that no matter how "kind" one's master is, one is still a slave. There is also an interesting dynamic between the Plantation owner's wives and the house slaves. Seems the wives aren't exactly free either.
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The book held my interest and moved right along. The characters were developed well. There were unexpected turns in the storyline. I still don't think the title has anything to do with the book.
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Two half sisters, one is a slave to the family and the other sister and she realizes through the book that freedom is all she wants and she is willing to give up many things to get it. This book starts when both girls are at a young age and then progresses through many ups and downs and ends when adulthood is under way.

I loved the new take on a subject that has many books written about it - slavery in the South. Told from two perspectives made the book so much deeper than if it had only been told from one - both the slave Sarah and the mother of the home Theodora Allen tell the story and sometimes a scene overlaps which was awesome to see two people tell a story through their own eyes. If you think you have read all the books about slavery in the South, stop and read this one - a different glimpse that with the hope of freedom put the book in the most positive light.


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