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A review by juniperbranches
The Freedom Race by Lucinda Roy
4.0
“Unanswered
yearning can split you wide open, force you to spend the rest of your life
searching for foolish ways to plug up the wound."
This book is set after the second American civil war, after the slave trade has resumed in answer to a dwindling labour supply. It’s a terrifying window into what has been, what could be, and what must be prevented. Told from the point of view of a teenaged girl, Jellybean (Ji-Ji) this novel traces her delicate path from her life as a mule-seed on the planting where she was born into captivity along her desperate race for freedom. Roy weaves elements of past horrors of the slave trade with horrors that are distinctly futuristic, such as most of the eastern seaboard falling into the ocean, mutant wildlife and nuclear radiation into the fabric of Ji-Ji’s quest for freedom.
yearning can split you wide open, force you to spend the rest of your life
searching for foolish ways to plug up the wound."
This book is set after the second American civil war, after the slave trade has resumed in answer to a dwindling labour supply. It’s a terrifying window into what has been, what could be, and what must be prevented. Told from the point of view of a teenaged girl, Jellybean (Ji-Ji) this novel traces her delicate path from her life as a mule-seed on the planting where she was born into captivity along her desperate race for freedom. Roy weaves elements of past horrors of the slave trade with horrors that are distinctly futuristic, such as most of the eastern seaboard falling into the ocean, mutant wildlife and nuclear radiation into the fabric of Ji-Ji’s quest for freedom.