International Standard Book Number |
9780802129369 hardcover
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International Standard Book Number |
0802129366 hardcover
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Personal Name |
Francis-Sharma, Lauren. author.
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Title Statement |
Book of the little axe : a novel / Lauren Francis-Sharma.
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Edition Statement |
First edition.
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Edition Statement |
First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
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Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
New York, NY : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2020.
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Physical Description |
388 pages : maps ; 24 cm.
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Summary, Etc. |
"In 1796 Trinidad, young Rosa Rendon quietly but purposefully rebels against the life others expect her to lead. Bright, competitive, and opinionated, Rosa sees no reason she should learn to cook and keep house, for it is obvious her talents lie in running the farm she, alone, views as her birthright. But when her homeland changes from Spanish to British rule, it becomes increasingly unclear whether its free black property owners--Rosa's family among them--will be allowed to keep their assets, their land, and ultimately, their freedom. By 1830, Rosa is living among the Crow Nation in Bighorn, Montana, with her children and her husband, Edward Rose, a Crow chief. Her son Victor is of the age where he must seek his vision and become a man. But his path forward is blocked by secrets Rosa has kept from him. So Rosa must take him to where his story began and, in turn, retrace her own roots, acknowledging along the way the painful events that forced her from the middle of an ocean to the rugged terrain of a far-away land."-- Provided by publisher.
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Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Mothers and sons Fiction.
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Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Young women Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad Fiction.
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Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Crow Indians Montana Fiction.
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Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Black women Fiction.
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Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
Montana History 19th century Fiction.
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Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
Trinidad and Tobago History Spanish rule, 1498-1797 Fiction.
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Index Term-Genre/Form |
Domestic fiction.
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Index Term-Genre/Form |
Historical fiction.
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