![]() The results of such an encounter are pretty intense for both Manon and Sarah. ![]() Escaped men and sometimes families live in the woods, and when it’s plausible, they come out to kill white people. Then there are the other slaves, and it’s close enough to the coming Civil War that unrest and violence black-on-white is rising. Enough to make a boy who is seven years old, and mentally handicapped, who runs through the book (literally) causing havoc. Her husband is wealthy, but he needs a lot of conjugal satisfaction. So she doesn’t have enough property for him. It’s very clear that they are well suited, but her comfortable existence isn’t enough he has debts. ![]() ![]() I am a sucker for character-driven books and this entire plot revolves around the observations of Manon, who cannot see that she treats others as property while being angry at being considered in the same way.įirst, there is the guy she wishes she had married, Joel. ![]()
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