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Wench

Perkins-Valdez, Dolen. Book on CD - 2010 None on shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 3 out of 5

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Unabridged.
Compact discs.
Read by Robynne Young.
Tawawa House in many respects is like any other American resort before the Civil War. Situated in Ohio, this idyllic retreat is particularly nice in the summer when the Southern humidity is too much to bear. The main building, with its luxurious finishes, is loftier than the white cottages that flank it,but then again, the smaller structures are better positioned to catch any breeze that may come off the pond. And they provide more privacy, which best suits the needs of the Southern white men who vacation there every summer with their black, enslaved mistresses. It's their open secret. Lizzie, Reenie, and Sweet are regulars at Tawawa House. They have become friends over the years as they reunite and share developments in their own lives and on their respective plantations. They don't bother too much with questions of freedom, though the resort is situated in free territory-but when truth-telling Mawu comes to the resort and starts talking of running away, things change.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

Terrible Narrator submitted by monkk on June 17, 2012, 4:02pm I loved this book but I couldn't get through disc one of the BOCD because of the narration. Such a shame!

Sweet narrator, captivating story submitted by katarina on April 7, 2016, 1:58pm I have found the narrator quite suitable. The story is captivating about young women and the struggle of race, acceptance and love.

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PUBLISHED
Westminster, MD : Books on Tape, p2010.
Year Published: 2010
Description: 7 sound discs (8 hr., 5 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language: English
Format: Book on CD

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780307713704 :
0307713709 :

ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Young, Robynne.

SUBJECTS
Women slaves -- Ohio -- Social conditions -- Fiction.
Resorts -- Ohio -- 19th century -- Fiction.
Fugitive slaves -- Fiction.
Ohio -- History -- 1787-1865 -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.