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The American Daughters de Maurice Carlos Ruffin

The American Daughters

Autor Maurice Carlos Ruffin
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 27 feb 2024
"When Adebimpe is ten, she is sold with her mother, Sanite, to plantation owner John du Marche. He soon renames her Ady but Sanite never lets her daughter forget who she really is - a person who can read and write and understand numbers. Most importantly, Sanite reminds Ady that she must never reveal these abilities to a white person, especially not her true name. Tasked with maintaining du Marche's home in vibrant New Orleans, Ady takes in the city and starts to envision life beyond her dire circumstances. One day, she notices a beautiful stranger, radiant and poised with a colorful Tignon wrapped regally around her head. Ady realizes that she is a Free Woman. Inexplicably drawn to her, but not knowing who she is or what she does, Ady begins to search for answers - which eventually brings her to Lenore, a free woman who owns the Mockingbird Inn. When Lenore invites Ady to join The Daughters, Ady finds spiritual and sexual liberation, and with their help, imagines a new future for herself and her family"--
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780593729397
ISBN-10: 0593729390
Pagini: 304
Ilustrații: 1 MAP
Dimensiuni: 147 x 213 x 30 mm
Greutate: 0.42 kg
Editura: Random House

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*Longlisted for the 2025 HWA GOLD CROWN*

'Enthralling' TIME
'[Has] the feel of something sacred and discovered' Elle

Ady, a curious, sharp-witted girl, and her fierce mother, Sanite, are inseparable. Enslaved to a businessman in the French Quarter of New Orleans, the pair spend their days dreaming of a loving future and reminiscing about their family's rebellious and storied history. When mother and daughter are separated, Ady is left hopeless and directionless until she stumbles into the Mockingbird Inn and meets Lenore, a free Black woman with whom she becomes fast friends. Lenore invites Ady to join a clandestine society of spies called the Daughters. With the courage instilled in her by Sanite-and with help from these strong women-Ady learns how to put herself first. So begins her journey toward liberation and imagining a new future.

The American Daughters is a novel of hope and triumph that reminds us what is possible when a community bands together to fight for their freedom.

'An inspiring story of people who show a way forward with their perseverance, bravery and love' New York Times
'Powerful and hopeful, daring and revelatory, this book is an unforgettable fight for freedom that is impossible to put down' Stylecaster

Recenzii

An enthralling tale.
Interspersed with documents and transcripts that give the novel the feel of something sacred and discovered-which, of course, is exactly the point-Maurice Carlos Ruffin's The American Daughters is a compelling tribute to his female ancestors.
Stirring . . . In telling this important, neglected history with imagination-fueled research, The American Daughters offers an inspiring story of people who show a way forward with their perseverance, bravery and love.
Powerful and hopeful, daring and revelatory, this book is an unforgettable fight for freedom that is impossible to put down.
Bold and ambitious . . . Ruffin urges us to lay claim to an odds-defying legacy of determination and willful optimism.
[Ruffin] paints a vibrant picture of antebellum New Orleans. Readers won't be able to resist this stirring story of freedom by any means necessary.
I knew from page one that this wasn't going to be a typical journey through a familiar history . . . A splendid work.
An emotionally and intellectually captivating journey . . . With fully fleshed out characters and enchanting detail, antebellum New Orleans is vivid in Ruffin's rendering, and Ady is an unforgettable protagonist, a character who meets the crossroads of history with remarkable courage and enduring love.
A tour de force . . . An intelligent and haunting novel that grapples with the legacies of American slavery.
An absolute master of craft and genre . . . How has this book not been written before? Because we've never experienced a radical loving living talent like Maurice Carlos Ruffin. This is a forever book.
'A tour de force . . . an intelligent and haunting novel' - Lauren Wilkinson

A wholly unique story that challenges what we think we know of the past, truth, American history, and how we will carry what was into what will be . . . antebellum New Orleans is vivid in Ruffin's rendering' - Imani Perry

Ady, a curious, sharp-witted girl, and her fierce mother, Sanite, are inseparable. Enslaved to a businessman in the French Quarter of New Orleans, the pair spend their days dreaming of a loving future and reminiscing about their family's rebellious and storied history. When mother and daughter are separated, Ady is left hopeless and directionless until she stumbles into the Mockingbird Inn and meets Lenore, a free Black woman with whom she becomes fast friends. Lenore invites Ady to join a clandestine society of spies called the Daughters. With the courage instilled in her by Sanite-and with help from these strong women-Ady learns how to put herself first. So begins her journey toward liberation and imagining a new future.

The American Daughters is a novel of hope and triumph that reminds us what is possible when a community bands together to fight for their freedom.