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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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.
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.
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.
