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A vivid and charming portrait of a large southern family, the Fairchilds, who live on a plantation in the Mississippi delta. The story, set in 1923, is exquisitely woven from the ordinary events of family life, centered around the visit of a young relative, Laura McRaven, and the family's preparations for her cousin Dabney's wedding. --Publisher.
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612 pages ; 23 cm
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"Isla de Jamaica, 1753. Deidre, la hija de la inglesa Nora Fortnam y del esclavo Akwasi, lleva una vida protegida, en la plantación de su madre y de su padre adoptivo. Pese a los orígenes poco claros de la joven, los muchachos de la isla beben los vientos por ella. Deidre, sin embargo, no siente el menor interés por ninguno de ellos, hasta que el jóven médico Victor Dufresne pide su mano. Tras una espléndida ceremonia nupcial, la pareja de recién...
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Romántica) volume 271
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509 pages ; 20 cm.
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Raised to be a gentleman, Joss San Pietro is betrayed and enslaved, and now his fate lies in the hands of Lilah Remy, the pampered daughter of a wealthy planter. Their destiny awaits in a paradise where they are shipwrecked and alone.
"Lilah Remy no había podido evitar quedar cautivada por Joss San Pietro, un joven hombre de negocios. Pero pronto tendría lugar una dramática revelación: la abuela de Joss era mestiza y esclava, lo cual lo convierte...
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"The author of the New York Times bestseller and beloved book club favorite The Kitchen House continues the story of Jamie Pyke, son of both a slave and master of Tall Oakes, whose deadly secret compels him to take a treacherous journey through the Underground Railroad. Published in 2010, The Kitchen House became a grassroots bestseller. Fans connected so deeply to the book's characters that the author, Kathleen Grissom, found herself being asked...
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400 pages ; 25 cm
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"Like her mother, Rue is an all-knowing midwife, healer, and conjurer of curses on the plantation of Marse Charles. Moving back and forth in time between the years before and after the Civil War, this novel tells the story of Rue, the families she cares for, and the mysteries and secrets she knows about the plantation owner's daughter, Varina. At the heart of this story is the intimate bonds and transgressions among people and across racial divides,...
8) Bloodroot
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In Bloodroot, best-selling author Susan Wittig Albert transports listeners to a haunted house oozing with family secrets. When a man dies soon after Tullie bashes his head with her cane, China's estranged mother frantically calls for her daughter's help. Rushing to her family's Mississippi plantation, China must determine if her Great Aunt Tullie is guilty of homicide. She must also face the possibility of developing the same terrifying disease that...
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American girls collection volume 5
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67 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
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During a visit to her grandfather's plantation in Virginia during the summer of 1775, Felicity's loyalty is torn between her father and Ben, her father's apprentice who needs her help as he runs away to join George Washington's army of Patriots.
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427 pages ; 21 cm
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1940's India. During this volatile and transitional time in the country's fight for independence, Layla is astrologically doomed never to marry. Manik's career and arranged marriage were charted for success. But by cleverly manipulating the hand fortune has dealt her, Layla has found love with Manik. Layla's life as a newly married woman takes her away from home and into the jungles of Assam, where the world's finest tea thrives on plantations run...
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xvii, 460 pages ; 22 cm
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In 1860 Louisiana, eighty-year-old Madame Sylvie decides to sit for a portrait, as horrific stories that span generations from the big house and the fields are revealed.
1860, Louisiana. After serving as mistress of Le Petit Cottage for more than six decades, Madame Sylvie Guilbert has decided, in spite of her family's indifference, to sit for a portrait. It will be a testament to all the hardships she overcame, the glory her life ought to have been....
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x, 341 pages ; 24 cm
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"A groundbreaking historical novel from a heralded author that explores the seldom discussed Puerto Rican Atlantic Slave Trade. At a time when importing humans from Africa had been prohibited by the Spanish Crown, Pola and other slave women provide their master with babies who are immediately taken away and sold on the auction block. Her serial rapes by a number of men are routine and often provided entertainment for the master and his friends. Understandably...
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24 pages : color illustrations ; 21 x 26 cm.
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Describes what people wore on Southern plantations, discussing the clothes of the wealthy plantation owners, the hoop skirts worn by the Southern women in the 1800s, and teh clothes made on the plantation for the slaves.
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