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Yellow wife : a novel / Sadeqa Johnson.
"Born on a plantation in Charles City, Virginia, Pheby Delores Brown has lived a sheltered life. Shielded by her mother's position as the estate's medicine woman and cherished by the Master's sister, she is set apart from the others on the plantation, belonging to neither world. She'd been promised freedom on her eighteenth birthday, but instead of the idyllic life she imagined with her true love, Essex Henry, Pheby is forced to leave the only home she has ever known. She unexpectedly finds herself thrust into the bowels of slavery at the infamous Devil's Half Acre, a jail in Richmond, Virginia, where the enslaved are broken, tortured, and sold every day. There, Pheby is exposed not just to her Jailer's cruelty but also to his contradictions. To survive, Pheby will have to outwit him, even if it means making the ultimate sacrifice."-- inside cover
Record details
- ISBN: 9781982149109
- ISBN: 1982149108
- ISBN: 9781982149116
- Physical Description: 278 pages ; 24 cm
- Publisher: New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2021.
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| Subject: | Enslaved women > Fiction. Slavery > Virginia > Fiction. African Americans > Virginia > Fiction. Plantation life > Virginia > Fiction. Prisons > Virginia > History > Fiction. Virginia > History > 19th century > Fiction. Charles City (Va.) > History > 19th century > Fiction. Richmond (Va.) > History > 19th century > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Historical fiction. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Kansas City Public Library | FICTION JOHNSON 2021 (Text) | 0001002432969 | Fiction | Available | - |
