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Author Perkins-Valdez, Dolen.

Title Wench : a novel / Dolen Perkins-Valdez.

Edition First edition.
Publication Info. New York : Amistad, [2010]
©2010
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1435022~S1
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 Naper Blvd. Adult Fiction  F PERKINS    AVAILABLE
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Description 293 pages ; 24cm
Summary 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.
Subject Ohio -- History -- 1787-1865 -- Fiction.
Resorts -- Ohio -- 19th century -- Fiction.
Fugitive slaves -- Fiction.
ISBN 9780061706547 (hardcover)
006170654X (hardcover)
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August 20 2012
SRP 2012 REVIEW: Fictional story about female slaves who were brought uo north with their master for a vacation. It was very well written and makes you feel for what these women had to endure.
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October 14 2011
SRP 2011 REVIEW: interesting perspective on slavery
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SRP 2010
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September 30 2010
SRP 2010 REVIEWS (2): #1) Illustrates the relationship between owners and their slaves in the 1850s. Interesting characters and their feelings especially among the slaves. #2) This was a moving story about an aspect of slavery with which I was not familiar.
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