by Lawrence Hill
aka Someone Knows My Name
What a fantastic read!This book is set in the years 1757-1802, and follows a young girl named Aminata Diallo as she is abducted from her home, taken as a captive, sold into a life of slavery, and ultimately escapes. The author paints a vivid picture of life for Aminata...you can feel the fear, smell...
This review is influenced by two factors. One, I haven't been reading nearly as much as I usually do for the last few weeks, and it was such a relief to get into a book that flowed easily, engaged me fully, and which enticed me back every time.Two, I come to this book knowing about the recent contro...
I've wanted to read this book for a long time, so when it was chosen as a group read in my Historical Fiction group, I jumped at the chance to push it to the top of my list. And I'm very glad that I did. Aminata Diallo was pulled from her home in Africa at 11, forced to walk 3 months to the coast, c...
I really enjoyed this novel a lot, written by a Canadian author, and based on "The Book of Negroes" which is a historical document that contains the names and descriptions of 3,000 men, women, and children who served the British during the American Revolutionary War and still survives to this day, i...
Great story, well written and really brings the time period to life. Not a terribly great book to inspire discussion (except for one book club member that didn't like it ... she had a lot to say).
A pretty good easy and fast read. As yet more misfortune befell our heroine though, I started to feel impatient, feeling manipulated by the author.
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