Research Catalog

Title

The American daughters : a novel / Maurice Carlos Ruffin.

Author

Ruffin, Maurice Carlos

Publication

New York : One World, an imprint of Random House, [2024]

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Details

Description

285 pages : map; 22 cm

Summary

"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"--

Subject

• 1815-1861
• Enslaved women > Fiction
• Women > Fiction
• Freed persons > Fiction
• Slavery > Fiction
• Slavery
• Women
• United States > History > 1815-1861 > Fiction
• New Orleans (La.) > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Fiction
• United States
• Historical fiction

Genre/Form

• Historical fiction.
• Bildungsromans.
• Fiction
• History
• Novels
• Novels.

Call Number

JFD 24-946

ISBN

• 9780593729397
• 0593729390

LCCN

2023025013

OCLC

1382524552

Author

Ruffin, Maurice Carlos, author.

Title

The American daughters : a novel / Maurice Carlos Ruffin.

Publisher

New York : One World, an imprint of Random House, [2024]

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Chronological Term

1815-1861

Other Form:

Online version: Ruffin, Maurice Carlos. American daughters First edition. New York : One World, 2024 9780593729403 (DLC) 2023025014

Research Call Number

JFD 24-946