Sapphire's Grave
A Novel
$28.95
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
15 December 2003
Summary
The debut of a major new talent, SAPPHIRE’S GRAVE tells the stories of several generations of African-American women, bringing their spirit and their sorrow to life with a power, sensitivity, and immediacy.In 1749 in Sierra Leone, a woman of fierce dignity is captured and forced onto a slave ship. On the harrowing voyage to the Americas, she is beaten for her unrelenting will and staunch pride. When she arrives, she gives birth to a daughter who is called Sapphire because of the “black-blue-…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780767908832 |
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| ISBN-10: | 076790883X |
| Author: | Hilda Gurley Highgate |
| Publisher: | Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc) |
| Imprint: | Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Del |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 15 December 2003 |
| Weight: | 194g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 140mm x 15mm |
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Critics Review
lyric paean to black women through the centuries.” —Kirkus Reviews“A striking debut novel. This intergenerational saga of African American women is remarkable for its narrative approach … Gurley-Highgate’s use of poetic language, pace and rhythm engages the reader on a deeply spiritual level.” —Black Issues Book Review “Gurley-Highgate writes with a crisp, unsentimental style and captures regional cadences as succinctly as the poetry of the inner self.” —Baltimore Sun
About The Author
Hilda Gurley Highgate
HILDA GURLEY-HIGHGATE is an attorney in Detroit, Michigan. This is her first novel.
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