Release: April 1, 2011
Pages: 274
Source: NetGalley
1830: Margaret Morgan is a young black women who lives with her three children and her husband Jerry in Pennsylvania. They are living in the time when slavery was still common in the United States. But the Morgan's are free after the death of Mr.Ashmore, their owner. Now they can do their own business: Margaret is a seamstress.
One night everything changes: Jerry is away for business and Margaret is kidnapped by a bountyhunter, Mr. Prigg, who goes after Margaret for Mrs.Ashmore, who still claims the rightful ownership of Margaret and says she is a runaway slave. Again she is sold into slavery at a slave auction and is seperated from her three children. And when Jerry comes back, he finds their home shattered and Margaret and the children gone.
Margaret again has to work for rich white people, she has the luck to get work in the kitchen of the house, more lucky than the slaves that have to work in the fields. But she is still a slave and that means she isn't treated well at all by hew owners. She gets raped, beat up and undergoes many hardships. But one day she hears that she has to work on the field from now on, and without knowing, their owners give her the chance to be close to her daughter again. Her husband Jerry is in search for them, but luck isn't on his side, and this leads to a very dramatic point in the story. Underwile, Margaret desperately wants to see him, not knowing what happened to him. She refuses to give up, refuses to stop fighting, refuses to allow her soul to be enslaved...
I found this book recently on Netgalley, and as I like fiction about American History, I was drawn to this book. This book was just amazing in every was. Margaret Morgan really existed and the events in the book are true. Jessica McCann really brings her story alive again, the characters where realistic and potrayed fantastic. If you are into historical fiction or not, this is a book you don't want to miss. Definitely recommended!!
What a lovely review! Thanks so much for taking the time to read my book and write about it. I'm so happy to know you were drawn in to Margaret's story.
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