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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
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Dessa Rose

Dessa Rose

Williams, Sherley A.

Paperback

General FictionHistorical FictionLiterary Fiction

ISBN10: 0062011251
ISBN13: 9780062011251
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
Published: Jan 1 2011
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.44
Height: 0.50 Width: 5.20 Depth: 7.90
Language: English

Sherley A. Williams' highly acclaimed historical novel details two women's fierce strength of will and an unlikely bond despite racial barriers in the pre-civil war south.

In 1829, in Kentucky, a pregnant black woman helped lead an uprising of a group of slaves headed to the market for sale. She was sentenced to death, but her hanging was delayed until after the birth of her baby. In North Carolina in 1830, a white woman living on an isolated farm was reported to have given sanctuary to runaway slaves. In Dessa Rose, Sherley A. Williams asks the question: What if these two women met?

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