Remembrance / Rita Woods.

• "Remembrance...It's a rumor, a whisper passed in the fields and veiled behind sheets of laundry. A hidden stop on the underground road to freedom, a safe haven protected by more than secrecy...if you can make it there. Ohio, present day. A refugee struggling to rebuild her life in America after the devastating Haitian earthquake is suddenly inexplicably bound to a mysterious old woman who is not at all what she seems. Haiti, 1791, on the brink of revolution. When the slave Abigail is forced from her children to take her mistress to safety, she discovers New Orleans has its own powers. 1857 New Orleans-a city of unrest: Following tragedy, house girl Margot is sold just before her 18th birthday and her promised freedom. Desperate, she escapes and chases a whisper.... Remembrance"-- 

Ämnesord

Kvinnliga slavar  (sao)

Flyktingar  (sao)

Jordbävningen i Haiti 2010  (sao)

Fugitive slaves  -- Fiction. (LCSH)

Enslaved women  (LCSH)

Refugees  (LCSH)

Haiti Earthquake, Haiti, 2010  (LCSH)

Haiti  (sao)

Förenta staterna  -- New Orleans (sao)

Förenta staterna  -- Ohio (sao)

Genre

Romaner  (saogf)

Historiska skildringar  (saogf)

Indexterm och SAB-rubrik

He.01 Skönlitteratur: engelska: romaner och noveller

Klassifikation

823 (DDC)

He.01 (kssb/8)