Libertie : A Novel by Kaitlyn Greenidge.

By:

Greenidge, Kaitlyn [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2021Edition: First editionDescription: 327 pages ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781616207014

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Historical fiction

DDC classification:

813/.6 23

LOC classification:

PS3607.R455 L53 2021

Summary: "Coming of age as a free-born Black girl in Reconstruction-era Brooklyn, Libertie Sampson is all too aware that her mother, a physician, has a vision for their future together: Libertie will go to medical school and practice alongside her. But Libertie feels stifled by her mother's choices and is constantly reminded that, unlike her mother, 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"-- Provided by publisher.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Barcode
Main	Jones Public Library	F GRE (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	3370000083113

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"Coming of age as a free-born Black girl in Reconstruction-era Brooklyn, Libertie Sampson is all too aware that her mother, a physician, has a vision for their future together: Libertie will go to medical school and practice alongside her. But Libertie feels stifled by her mother's choices and is constantly reminded that, unlike her mother, 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"-- Provided by publisher.

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