Wench (Audio)
ISBN:
9780062009425 (0062009427)
Publish date: March 30th 2010
Publisher: HarperAudio
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Literature,
Cultural,
Book Club,
Adult Fiction,
American,
Historical Fiction,
Adult,
African American,
Southern,
Womens
Tried to read this. A little hard to read due to the content. It was very, very dark. It was written well but I just couldn't read it.
I think this was quite good and an interesting historical perspective of a resort that slaveowners took their "wenches" to.
A definitely disturbing and shocking read and yet it felt like the story was lacking any real depth. I believe there could have been so much more explored here, for instance Fran and Lizzie's relationship. The two women lived together for years and shared the same man and yet not much about Fran is ...
I hate hate hate.....love, love, love the ending!! This book is fantastic! I read it in about 4 hours! All I can say if you're not okay with honesty & controversy then you should not read this book. What I love is it shines a light on the untold story. Almost always you hear horror stories from slav...
Heartbreaking and beautiful story of four slave women who are brought to Ohio each summer as mistresses to their male owners. I have been reading books this month by African American authors in honor of Black History Month. Reading many books on the history of African Americans has hit me hard. O...