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A review by corriejn
Yellow Wife by Sadeqa Johnson
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
medium-paced
5.0
A story of an enslaved, mixed-race woman and the various choices people were faced with to try and improve their situations, retain their sense of identity and humanity, and protect their loved ones, within the brutal system of chattel slavery in the U.S. I appreciated the author's note at the end describing what of the main events/situations in the novel were inspired by real historical situations she'd learned of. Definitely not a light read, but a complex story and characters with personhood and agency.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Trafficking, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Racism, Racial slurs, Excrement, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, and Blood
Moderate: Death of parent and Vomit