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The Wedding Gift
eBook
ISBN/EAN: 9781448149506
Umbreit-Nr.: 6457347
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: 416 S., 0.85 MB
Format in cm:
Einband:
Keine Angabe
Erschienen am 09.05.2013
Auflage: 1/2013
E-Book
Format: EPUB
DRM: Adobe DRM
- Zusatztext
- <p><b>Set in the Deep South pre<i>Gone with the Wind</i>and the Civil War,<i>The Wedding Gift</i>is a compelling and powerful story of slavery, abuse and passion. Perfect for fans of<i>The Help</i>.</b></p><p>What if, on your wedding day, you were given your sister as your slave?</p><p>When wealthy plantation owner Cornelius Allen marries off his daughter Clarissa, he presents her with a wedding gift: a young slave woman called Sarah.</p><p>The two girls have grown up together but their lives could not have been more different. Clarissa is white and is used to a life of privilege and ease. Sarah is black and is used to a life of slavery and hard work.</p><p>When Sarah decides her future lies outside the plantation, it sets in motion a series of events that will have devastating consequences for them both.</p>
- Kurztext
- 'Bodden's absorbing page-turner maintains its suspense right up to the final pages.' Sunday Express____________________Sarah Campbell has always known she was different.A slave at Allen Estates, Alabama, and the illegitimate daughter of the plantation owner Mr Allen, she's used to the other children's jibes, her mother's night-time trips to Mr Allen and, to her delight, her furtive literacy lessons with her white half-sister Clarissa.Slowly, using her forbidden knowledge of reading and writing, Sarah plots an escape to the north and freedom. But Sarah's life is turned upside-down when she learns she will be given to Clarissa's cruel, soon-to-be-husband as a wedding gift, becoming his property.Sarah knows this could be her last chance to escape for good. But will her secret skills and unrelenting willpower be enough to set her free?_____________________________READERS LOVE THE WEDDING GIFT:'Absolutely spellbinding''I couldn't put it down''Loved every page.''A great read, a wonderful story.''Genuinely could not stop reading this book.''This was the most enjoyable book I have read in a long time.''A very good read and would recommend.''A compelling read with a twist at the end.''I read this book in two days. You won't be disappointed.'
- Autorenportrait
- Marlen Bodden is a lawyer in New York City. She has more than two decades' experience representing poor people and low-wage and immigrant workers, many of whom are severely underpaid, if paid at all. She drew on her knowledge of modern and historical slavery, human trafficking, and human rights abuses to write<i>The Wedding Gift</i>, her first novel. Marlen is a graduate of New York University School of Law and Tufts University. Visit her website at: www.marlenbodden.com for the history behind<i>The Wedding Gift</i>in photographs, illustrations, maps, and a bibliography.
- Schlagzeile
- <b>Set in the Deep South pre <i>Gone with the Wind</i> and the Civil War, <i>The Wedding Gift</i> is a compelling and powerful story of slavery, abuse and passion. Perfect for fans of <i>The Help</i>. </b>