Song Yet Sung
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- Synopsis
- FROM THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE HEAVEN & EARTH GROCERY STORE 'A complex, ever-tightening, increasingly suspenseful web'Washington Post'Gripping'New York TimesIn the days before the Civil War, an enslaved woman named Liz Spocott escapes from her captors into the labyrinthine swamps of Maryland's eastern shore, setting loose a drama of violence and hope among slave catchers, plantation owners, watermen, runaway slaves and free blacks.Liz is near death, wracked by disturbing visions of the future, and armed with 'the Code' - a fiercely guarded cryptic means of communication for slaves on the run.Filled with rich, true details, Song Yet Sung is a story of tragic triumph, dreams of tomorrow and unexpected kindness, from the National Book Award-winning novelist James McBride.
- Copyright:
- 2008
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9781399634687
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781399632553
- Publisher:
- Orion
- Date of Addition:
- 08/07/25
- Copyrighted By:
- James McBride
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Narrated By:
- Leslie Uggams
- Categories:
- History, Literature and Fiction
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.