Susan Straight: A Million Nightingales - Historical Fiction - Hardcover Book

Good condition library copy. Hardcover. From National Book Award finalist Susan Straight comes a haunting historical novel about a Louisiana slave girl's perilous journey to freedom.Daughter of an African mother and a white father she never knew, Moinette is a house maid on a plantation south of New Orleans. At fourteen she is sold, separated from her mother without a chance to say goodbye. Bright, imaginative and well aware of everything she risks, Moinette at once begins to prepare for an opportunity to escape. Inspired by a true story, A Million Nightingales portrays Moinette’s experience–and the treacherous world she must navigate–with uncommon richness, intricacy, and drama. 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝟖𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐡𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐀𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞: 𝟏 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟓 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫