The American Daughters
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“An enthralling tale of a secret resistance movement run by Black women in pre-Civil War New Orleans.”—Time
“Stirring . . . In telling this important, neglected history with imagination-fueled research, The American Daughters offers an inspiring story of people who show a way forward with their perseverance, bravery and love.”—The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice)
AN ELECTRIC LIT AND KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
Ady, a curious, sharp-witted girl, and her fierce mother, Sanite, are inseparable. Enslaved to a businessman in the French Quarter of New Orleans, the pair spend their days reminiscing about their family’s rebellious and storied history and dreaming of a loving future. When mother and daughter are separated, Ady is left hopeless and directionless until she stumbles into the Mockingbird Inn and meets Lenore, a free Black woman with whom she becomes fast friends. Lenore invites Ady to join a clandestine society of spies called the Daughters. With the courage instilled in her by Sanite—and with help from these strong women—Ady learns how to put herself first. So begins her journey toward liberation and imagining a new future.
The American Daughters is a novel of hope and triumph that reminds us what is possible when a community bands together to fight for their freedom.
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At the turn of the twentieth century, in a time of great change, two women—separated by societal status and culture but bound by their expected roles as the daughters of famed statesmen—forged a lifelong friendship. Portia Washington’s father Booker T. Washington was formerly enslaved and spent his life championing the empowerment of Black Americans through his school, known popularly as Tuskegee Institute, as well as his political connections. Dedicated to her father’s values, Portia contributed by teaching and performing spirituals and classical music.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Based on a True Friendship
- De Yepyepyep en 06-06-24
De: Piper Huguley
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All We Were Promised
- A Novel
- De: Ashton Lattimore
- Narrado por: Shayna Small, Ashton Lattimore
- Duración: 12 h y 44 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 74
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 67
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 67
Philadelphia, 1837. After Charlotte escaped from the crumbling White Oaks plantation down South, she’d expected freedom to feel different from her former life as an enslaved housemaid. After all, Philadelphia is supposed to be the birthplace of American liberty. Instead, she’s locked away playing servant to her white-passing father, as they both attempt to hide their identities from slavecatchers who would destroy their new lives.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Would they actually be friends?
- De Makenzie en 05-29-25
De: Ashton Lattimore
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The Mayor of Maxwell Street
- De: Avery Cunningham
- Narrado por: Bahni Turpin
- Duración: 15 h y 55 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 176
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 164
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 164
The year is 1921, and America is burning. A fire of vice and virtue rages on every shore, and Chicago is its beating heart. Nelly Sawyer is the daughter of the “wealthiest Negro in America”, whose affluence catapulted his family to the heights of Black society. After the unexpected death of her only brother, Nelly becomes the premier debutante overnight. But Nelly has aspirations beyond society influence and marriage.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Better Ending next time!
- De Matt & Lindsy en 02-11-24
De: Avery Cunningham
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If Cotton Could Talk
- A Blackwashed 19th Century Pre-Civil War Fictional Story That Depicts The People, Tone And Events Of The Era.
- De: Alvin M. Hayes
- Narrado por: Virtual Voice
- Duración: 2 h y 42 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 47
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 45
If Cotton Could Talk," is a civil war era historical fiction novel about 19th-century slave life in the South. You will be introduced to a cast of characters; Black mothers and fathers who are fearless, smart, and devoted to family and justice. Heroes and heroines whose leadership gave enslaved people hope. But before freedom comes, they must survive other slaves who prove to be untrustworthy. At the same time ruthless, hostile, hateful men are determined to keep the status quo. Pre-Civil War, 1850, enslaved people could sense that their lives were going to change. Slaves reasoned that they...
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3 out of 5 stars
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Needs an actual narrator
- De Rainy Butts en 06-03-25
De: Alvin M. Hayes
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My Name Is Ona Judge
- De: Suzette D. Harrison
- Narrado por: Tovah Ott, Aure Nash
- Duración: 10 h y 16 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 154
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 138
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 138
Rain soaks Tessa Scott as she runs from her car to the old vine-covered property she has been called to survey. She’s too busy to accept a new job, but doing this favor for the grandmother of her childhood sweetheart delays a painful decision she must make about her controlling boyfriend. When Tessa finds a tattered journal carefully hidden inside the house’s ancient fireplace, the tragic story of how Ona was ripped from her mother’s arms to live and work in the palatial Mount Vernon, and the heart-shattering betrayal that led her to risk her life and run, has Tessa spellbound.
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5 out of 5 stars
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My name is Ona Judge
- De Mz Shantay en 05-28-23
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Ours
- A Novel
- De: Phillip B. Williams
- Narrado por: Joniece Abbott-Pratt
- Duración: 22 h y 48 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 34
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 32
In this ingenious, sweeping novel, Phillip B. Williams introduces us to an enigmatic woman named Saint, a fearsome conjurer who, in the 1830s, annihilates plantations all over Arkansas to rescue the people enslaved there. She brings those she has freed to a haven of her own creation: a town just north of St. Louis, magically concealed from outsiders, named Ours. It is in this miraculous place that Saint’s grand experiment—a truly secluded community where her people may flourish—takes root.
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2 out of 5 stars
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A talented author making significant poor choices
- De Kindle Customer en 05-14-25
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The American Queen
- De: Vanessa Miller
- Narrado por: Angel Pean
- Duración: 9 h y 53 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 238
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 221
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 221
Transformative and breathtakingly honest, The American Queen is based on actual events that occurred between 1865 - 1889 and shares the unsung history of a Black woman who built a kingdom in Appalachia as a refuge for the courageous people who dared to dream of a different way of life. Over the twenty-four years she was enslaved on the Montgomery Plantation, Louella learned to feel one thing: hate. Hate for the man who sold her mother. Hate for the overseer who left her daddy to hang from a noose. Hate so powerful there's no room in her heart for love.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The life of the Queen
- De R. Dameron en 03-26-24
De: Vanessa Miller
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The Secret Keeper of Main Street
- A Novel
- De: Trisha R. Thomas
- Narrado por: Janina Edwards
- Duración: 10 h y 14 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 133
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 131
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 131
1954: In the quaint town of Mendol, Oklahoma, Bailey Dowery is a Black dressmaker for the wives and daughters of local oil barons. She earns a good living fitting designer gowns and creating custom wedding dresses for the town’s elite. But beyond her needle and thread lies a deeper talent, one passed down from her mother: the gift of insight. With just a fleeting touch or brush against the skin, Bailey has sudden flashes of intuition.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Wheeww…
- De Britainy M. en 08-25-24
De: Trisha R. Thomas
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The Queen of Sugar Hill
- A Novel of Hattie McDaniel
- De: ReShonda Tate
- Narrado por: Lynnette R. Freeman
- Duración: 15 h y 28 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 253
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 241
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 241
It was supposed to be the highlight of her career, the pinnacle for which she’d worked all her life. And as Hattie McDaniel took the stage in 1940 to claim an honor that would make her the first African-American woman to win an Academy Award, she tearfully took her place in history. Between personal triumphs and tragedies, heartbreaking losses, and severe setbacks, this historic night of winning best supporting actress for her role as the sassy Mammy in the controversial movie Gone With the Wind was going to be life-changing. Or so she thought.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Story I Never Knew
- De Face To Face With Yolanda en 04-27-24
De: ReShonda Tate
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The Undertaker’s Assistant
- De: Amanda Skenandore
- Narrado por: Allyson Johnson
- Duración: 11 h y 38 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 430
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 382
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 379
"The dead can't hurt you. Only the living can." Effie Jones, a former slave who escaped to the Union side as a child, knows the truth of her words. Taken in by an army surgeon and his wife during the War, she learned to read and write, to tolerate the sight of blood and broken bodies - and to forget what is too painful to bear. Now a young freedwoman, she has returned south to New Orleans and earns her living as an embalmer, her steady hand and skillful incisions compensating for her white employer's shortcomings.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A riveting story that will keep your interest.
- De Patricia en 08-02-19
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Home and Away
- De: Rochelle Alers
- Narrado por: Patricia R. Floyd
- Duración: 12 h y 49 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 12
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 12
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 12
Harper Fleming is done with being passed over. As a journalist for a Chicago newspaper, she’s been refused a shot at the sportswriter position she longs for. And her on again/off again relationship is going nowhere. Leaving both behind, she heads to Nashville, Tennessee, where she plans to interview her widowed grandfather, Bernard Fleming, for a book about his father Kelton Fleming’s time in the Negro Baseball Leagues. When Bernard reveals health issues within days of her arrival, Harper assumes responsibility for taking care of him.
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5 out of 5 stars
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What a great story
- De KAS II en 04-17-25
De: Rochelle Alers
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Black Candle Women
- A Novel
- De: Diane Marie Brown
- Narrado por: Bahni Turpin
- Duración: 12 h y 13 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 441
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 402
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 401
Generations of Montrose women—Augusta, Victoria, Willow—have lived together in their quaint two-story bungalow in California for years. They keep to themselves, never venture far from home, and their collection of tinctures and spells is an unspoken bond between them. But when seventeen-year-old Nickie Montrose brings home a boy for the first time, their quiet lives are thrown into disarray. For the other women have been withholding a secret from Nickie that will end her relationship before it’s even begun: the decades-old family curse that any person they fall in love with dies.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Easy Listen
- De Precious T. en 06-14-23
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Swift River
- De: Essie Chambers
- Narrado por: Shayna Small, Janina Edwards, Robin Miles
- Duración: 10 h y 17 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 91
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 85
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 85
It’s the summer of 1987 in Swift River, and Diamond Newberry is learning how to drive. Ever since her Pop disappeared seven years ago, she and her mother hitchhike everywhere they go. But that’s not the only reason Diamond stands out: she’s teased relentlessly about her weight, and since Pop’s been gone, she is the only Black person in all of Swift River. This summer, Ma is determined to declare Pop legally dead so that they can collect his life insurance money, get their house back from the bank, and finally move on.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Boring
- De Foxm004 en 05-14-25
De: Essie Chambers
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Death of the Author
- A Novel
- De: Nnedi Okorafor
- Narrado por: Liz Femi, Anthony Oseyemi, Jason Culp, y otros
- Duración: 16 h y 12 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 285
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 269
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 269
In this exhilarating tale by New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Nnedi Okorafor, a disabled Nigerian American woman pens a wildly successful Sci-Fi novel, but as her fame rises, she loses control of the narrative—a surprisingly cutting, yet heartfelt drama about art and love, identity and connection, and, ultimately, what makes us human. This is a story unlike anything you’ve seen before.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Her best yet?
- De Emily en 01-22-25
De: Nnedi Okorafor
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Mrs. Wiggins
- De: Mary Monroe
- Narrado por: Shari Peele
- Duración: 9 h y 38 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 3,665
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 3,344
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 3,331
The daughter of a prostitute mother and an alcoholic father, Maggie Franklin knew her only way out was to marry someone upstanding and church-going. Someone like Hubert Wiggins, the most eligible man in Lexington, Alabama - and the son of its most revered preacher. Proper and prosperous, Hubert is glad to finally have a wife, even one with Maggie's background. For Hubert has a secret he desperately needs to stay hidden. And Maggie's unexpected charm, elegance, and religious devotion makes her the perfect partner in lies....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Really enjoyed
- De avidreader en 04-07-21
De: Mary Monroe
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Take My Hand
- De: Dolen Perkins-Valdez
- Narrado por: Lauren J. Daggett
- Duración: 10 h y 57 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 4,014
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 3,616
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 3,604
Montgomery, Alabama, 1973. Fresh out of nursing school, Civil Townsend intends to make a difference, especially in her African American community. At the Montgomery Family Planning Clinic, she hopes to help women shape their destinies, to make their own choices for their lives and bodies.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Page Turner Based off True Events
- De LATOYA LEWIS en 06-10-22
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Junie
- A Novel
- De: Erin Crosby Eckstine
- Narrado por: Angel Pean
- Duración: 13 h y 29 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 171
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 164
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 164
Sixteen years old and enslaved since she was born, Junie has spent her life on Bellereine Plantation in Alabama, cooking and cleaning alongside her family, and tending to the white master’s daughter, Violet. Her daydreams are filled with poetry and faraway worlds, while she spends her nights secretly roaming through the forest, consumed with grief over the sudden death of her older sister, Minnie. When wealthy guests arrive from New Orleans, hinting at marriage for Violet and upending Junie’s life, she commits a desperate act.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A 5 Star Must Read
- De S.Camp en 06-10-25
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Empty Vows
- De: Mary Monroe
- Narrado por: Ruffin Prentiss, Tracey Conyer Lee
- Duración: 10 h y 47 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 900
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 832
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 830
Forty-something widow Jessie Tucker is beloved throughout Lexington, Alabama, for her kind heart and endless generosity. But she feels it's past time she rewarded herself—especially when upstanding Hubert Wiggins tragically loses his wife and son. Making herself indispensable, yet discouraged by Hubert’s lack of romantic interest, Jessie cooks up a deception she knows will make pious Hubert do right by her....
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1 out of 5 stars
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POOR NARRATION
- De Raven B. en 06-18-22
De: Mary Monroe
Beautiful fictional tale based on lived experiences
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Great Characters
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Love love love!
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Engaging story that made rethink how I reflect on history
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