You need to sign in or sign up before continuing.
Take a photo of a barcode or cover
jo961blue 's review for:
What an amazing book. This is a study of an embroidered sack telling the story of the female line of a family which crosses from slavery and the sale of a child away from her mother to the descendants being leading lights in Black organisations in Philadelphia and Boston. Beautifully written, the author delves into the known and the possibles using contemporary sources to illuminate lives that were not considered worthy of recording. It is a beautiful book, although the depth meant it wasn’t a light read and needed concentration. Short-listed for the Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction.