1600s
17th century
A01=Princess Joy L. Perry
american historical fiction
Author_Princess Joy L. Perry
black women
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colonial america
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indentured servant
multiple perspectives
multiple pov
novels about family
self-liberate
slave life
slaves
Product details
- ISBN 9781324105978
- Weight: 548g
- Dimensions: 163 x 236mm
- Publication Date: 05 Aug 2025
- Publisher: WW Norton & Co
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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Bless was born into slavery in 1690s Virginia and faces her mother’s fury, learning that cruelty can come from any side. David, an enslaved child of a freed father, dreams of the promise of liberty made to him. Jack, an impoverished Scots-Irish boy, sails to America to be indentured. Somehow, they all will stake a claim to love.
Princess Joy L. Perry tells us a previously unheard story—one in which characters must carve out choices from the narrowest of circumstances and confront heartrending questions: how far would you go to protect your children from enslavement? How to create a lasting family after being torn from your own? What to value more: a hard-won opportunity or your humanity? This Here Is Love is an unforgettable story from an astonishing new voice.
Princess Joy L. Perry is the recipient of a Virginia Commission for the Arts Fellowship and a winner of a Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Award. Her short stories have appeared in All About Skin, African American Review, and Kweli Journal. She lives in Norfolk, Virginia.
