A Sitting in St. James

Rita Williams-Garcia (Author)
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Age Groups: Ages 16 to 18

An unmissable tour de force from award-winning Rita Williams-Garcia, who memorably tells the stories of one white family and the enslaved people who work for them. Essential reading for teens and adults who are grappling with our country's history of racism.

An unmissable tour de force from award-winning Rita Williams-Garcia, who memorably tells the stories of one white family and the enslaved people who work for them. Essential reading for teens and adults who are grappling with our country's history of racism.

This astonishing novel about the interwoven lives of those bound to a plantation in antebellum America is an epic masterwork—empathetic, brutal, and entirely human.

1860, Louisiana. After serving as mistress of Le Petit Cottage for more than six decades, Madame Sylvie Guilbert has decided, in spite of her family's indifference, to sit for a portrait.

But there are other important stories to be told on the Guilbert plantation. Stories that span generations, from the big house to out in the fields, of routine horrors, secrets buried as deep as the family fortune, and the tangled bonds of descendants and enslaved.

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SKU 132281
ISBN 9780062367297
Language English
Lexile ® Measure N/A
Page Count 480
Product Type Hardcover Books
Book Type Young Adult Novels
Primary Contributor Rita Williams-Garcia
Age Groups Ages 16 to 18
Publisher Quill Tree Books