Karen D. (rockcairn) reviewed on 12/27/2008 + 7 more book reviews

This a short book that kept me up late finishing it, in spite of its infuriating narrator. She is the spoiled and self-centered wife of a cruel plantation holder, yet has only a little more freedom (and less gumption) than the slave who is both her maid and her husband's mistress. The fate of each of them is tied to the actions of the other at several crucial junctures and the book left me contemplating the use and abuse of power.

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