1800s abolitionism
A01=Michelle Cliff
African American literature
American slavery
Author_Michelle Cliff
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historical fiction
hotel ownership
John Brown
stories about female friendship
Underground Railroad
women's history
Product details
- ISBN 9780872864375
- Weight: 269g
- Dimensions: 127 x 203mm
- Publication Date: 16 Sep 2004
- Publisher: City Lights Books
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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In 1858, two black women meet at a restaurant and begin to plot a revolution. Mary Ellen Pleasant owns a string of hotels in San Francisco that secretly double as havens for runaway slaves. Her comrade, Annie, is a young Jamaican who has given up her life of privilege to fight for the abolitionist cause. Together they join John Brown's doomed enterprise and barely escape with their lives. With mesmerizing skill, Cliff weaves a multitude of voices into a gripping, poignant story of the struggle for liberation that began not long after the first slaves landed on America's shores. Michelle Cliff is the author of No Telephone to Heaven, among other books of fiction, and a forthcoming essay collection, Apocalypso. She lives in Santa Cruz, CA.
Michelle Cliff was born in Jamaica and is the author of two previous novels, No Telephone to Heaven and Abeng; a collection of short stories, and two poetry collections. Her fiction, poetry, and esays have appeared in numerous publications, including Parnassus and the VLS.
