A mercy
(Book)
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Published:
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2008.
Physical Desc:
167 pages ; 25 cm.
Accelerated Reader:
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 7
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • In “one of Morrison’s most haunting works” (The New York Times), the acclaimed Nobel Prize winner reveals what lies beneath the surface of slavery. But at its heart, like Beloved, it is the story of a mother and a daughter—a mother who casts off her daughter in order to save her, and a daughter who may never exorcise that abandonment.
One of the New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
In the 1680s the slave trade in the Americas is still in its infancy. Jacob Vaark is an Anglo-Dutch trader and adventurer, with a small holding in the harsh North. Despite his distaste for dealing in “flesh,” he takes a small slave girl in part payment for a bad debt from a plantation owner in Catholic Maryland. This is Florens, who can read and write and might be useful on his farm. Rejected by her mother, Florens looks for love, first from Lina, an older servant woman at her new master's house, and later from the handsome blacksmith, an African, never enslaved, who comes riding into their lives.
One of the New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
In the 1680s the slave trade in the Americas is still in its infancy. Jacob Vaark is an Anglo-Dutch trader and adventurer, with a small holding in the harsh North. Despite his distaste for dealing in “flesh,” he takes a small slave girl in part payment for a bad debt from a plantation owner in Catholic Maryland. This is Florens, who can read and write and might be useful on his farm. Rejected by her mother, Florens looks for love, first from Lina, an older servant woman at her new master's house, and later from the handsome blacksmith, an African, never enslaved, who comes riding into their lives.
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Format:
Book
Edition:
1st ed.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780307264237 :
Accelerated Reader:
UG
Level 6.1, 7 Points
Level 6.1, 7 Points
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APA Citation (style guide)
Morrison, T. (2008). A mercy. New York, Alfred A. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Morrison, Toni. 2008. A Mercy. New York, Alfred A. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Morrison, Toni, A Mercy. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 2008.
MLA Citation (style guide)Morrison, Toni. A Mercy. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 2008.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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