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tanyaweaver 's review for:
The Last Runaway
by Tracy Chevalier
A friend lent me this book on the basis that I love Daphne du Maurier's books, specifically Jamaica Inn. She wasn't wrong - I really did love it - both the story and how it was written. In both books the protagonist, a young female, finds herself in a position that she wouldn't have necessarily chosen for herself. It's a beautiful and moving story about morals, principles, and the grapple of good and bad.
I also found it fascinating as it's a slice of American history I was unaware of in the mid 1850's where black slaves were running away from their slave owners and an underground network of people (many of them Quakers) were providing shelter and food on their path to freedom in Canada.
I also found it fascinating as it's a slice of American history I was unaware of in the mid 1850's where black slaves were running away from their slave owners and an underground network of people (many of them Quakers) were providing shelter and food on their path to freedom in Canada.