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Even though Sewing Annie Coats and her son, Gabriel, have managed to buy their freedom, their lives are still marked by constant struggle and sacrifice. Washington's Georgetown neighborhood, where the Coatses operate a tailor's shop and laundry, is supposed to be a "promised land" for former slaves but is effectively a frontier town, gritty and dangerous, with no laws protecting black people.
The remarkable emotional energy with which the Coatses wage their daily battles-as they negotiate with their former owner, as they assist escaped slaves en route to freedom, as they prepare for the encroaching war, and as they strive to love each other enough-is what propels STAND THE STORM and makes the novel's tragic denouement so devastating.
The remarkable emotional energy with which the Coatses wage their daily battles-as they negotiate with their former owner, as they assist escaped slaves en route to freedom, as they prepare for the encroaching war, and as they strive to love each other enough-is what propels STAND THE STORM and makes the novel's tragic denouement so devastating.
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"Clarke's sensitivity and her lyrical, earthy narration bring a freshness to the somber subject matter." -- Kirkus Reviews
.,."illuminates and personalizes a dreadful part of our nation's past...a vivid view of slavery." -- Booklist "Michele Leber"
"[Clarke's] knowledge of the period and the novel's dense, deliberate narrative create a poignant story about the intricacies of human bondage and its dissolution, built around a family's unshakable faith in one another." (starred review) -- Publishers Weekly
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.,."illuminates and personalizes a dreadful part of our nation's past...a vivid view of slavery." -- Booklist "Michele Leber"
"[Clarke's] knowledge of the period and the novel's dense, deliberate narrative create a poignant story about the intricacies of human bondage and its dissolution, built around a family's unshakable faith in one another." (starred review) -- Publishers Weekly
Calling all book clubs! Breena Clarke, whose River, Cross My Heart was a 1999 Oprah pick scores again....She tells the deeply affecting story of a family of freed slaves in an evocative, historically rich book that brings the turbulent Civil War period alive' - Time
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- PublisherCenter Point
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 1602853525
- ISBN 13 9781602853522
- BindingLibrary Binding
- Number of pages359
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