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ISBN13: 9780375423642 |
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Susan Straight has been called "a writer of exceptional gifts and grace" (Joyce Carol Oates). In A Million Nightingales she brings those gifts to bear on the story of Moinette, daughter of an African mother and a white father she never knew. While her mother cares for the plantation linens, Moinette tends to the master's daughter, which allows her to eavesdrop on lessons. She also learns that she is property, and at fourteen she is sold, separated from her mother without a chance to say goodbye. Heartbroken and terrified, and with a full understanding of what she will risk, Moinette begins almost immediately to prepare herself for the moment when she will escape.
It is Moinette's own voice that we hear — bright, rhythmic, observant, and altogether captivating — as she describes her journey through a world of brutality, sexual violence, and loss. Quick to see the patterns of French, American, and African life play out around her, Moinette makes her way from sugarcane fields through mysterious bayous to the streets of Opelousas, where the true meaning of freedom emerges from the bonds of love.
An uncommonly rich novel, brimming with event and character, A Million Nightingales is a powerful confirmation of the remarkable novelist we have in Susan Straight.
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GRMX, May 2, 2006 (view all comments by GRMX)
When I read a novel, I try to imagine the characters coming to life. I want their words, ideas and actions to be plausible. Not just plausible but, true and real. The main character Moinette lived on every page. Her life unfolded before me and she took me with her. Stories of slavery are a hard read because of the inhuman degradation. There were times I wondered how Moinette went on and where would she go next. I even found myself turning my head away from the pages "hoping". I believed Moinette, I knew her actions were true and real to her existence.
Susan Straight delivered. I am amazed that she was able to capture the life of this young girl and bring her to us. Get this novel and pass it around. Everyone should read and know about Moinette.
Product Details
- ISBN:
- 9780375423642
- Author:
- Publisher:
- Libri
- Subject:
- General
- Subject:
- Literary
- Subject:
- Historical - General
- Subject:
- Teenage girls
- Subject:
- Plantation life
- Publication Date:
- March 2006
- Binding:
- Hardcover
- Language:
- English
- Pages:
- 340
- Dimensions:
- 9.52x6.56x1.25 in. 1.45 lbs.










