Libertie : a novel
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (1 audio file (12hr., 12 min.)) : digital.
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access - Edition: Unabridged.
- Publisher: [United States] : Recorded Books, Inc., 2021.
- Distributor: Made available through hoopla
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Restrictions on Access Note: | Digital content provided by hoopla. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Narrated by Channie Waites. |
Summary, etc.: | The critically acclaimed and Whiting Award-winning author of We Love You, Charlie Freeman returns with an unforgettable story about the meaning of freedom. Coming of age as a free-born Black girl in Reconstruction-era Brooklyn, Libertie Sampson was all too aware that her purposeful mother, a practicing physician, had a vision for their future together: Libertie would go to medical school and practice alongside her. But Libertie, drawn more to music than science, feels stifled by her mother's choices and is hungry for something else-is there really only one way to have an autonomous life? And she is constantly reminded that, unlike her mother who can pass, Libertie has skin that is too dark. When a young man from Haiti proposes to Libertie and promises she will be his equal on the island, she accepts, only to discover that she is still subordinate to him and all men. As she tries to parse what freedom actually means for a Black woman, Libertie struggles with where she might find it-for herself and for generations to come. Inspired by the life of one of the first Black female doctors in the United States and rich with historical detail, Kaitlyn Greenidge's new novel resonates in our times and is perfect for readers of Brit Bennett, Min Jin Lee, and Yaa Gyasi. |
System Details Note: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Subject: | African American women Fiction Self-realization in women Fiction Mothers and daughters Fiction Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) History 19th century Fiction |
Genre: | Historical fiction. |