Bøker av Lawrence Hill

Abducted from her West African village at the age of eleven and sold as a slave in the American South, Aminata Diallo thinks only of freedom. After escaping the plantation, torn from her husband and child, she passes through Manhattan in the chaos of the Revolutionary War, is shipped to Nova Scotia, and then joins a group of freed slaves.

He had a sneaking suspicion she was lying, but he needed to see it for himself. When he unintentionally overhears her discussing her relationship with her best friend, he realizes this and more.He notices something after watching her again with her lover and seeing the excitement in her eyes.

Princess Xithanese's father is an issue for her. Her father entered into a deal with a dragon long before she was born in order to inherit the throne. In exchange for giving up the first husband of his then-unborn daughter, her father received the title of king. At the time, the fee appeared so inexpensive to pay that it was hard to blame him for doing so. unless if you were a Xithanese!

Childhood sweethearts Barlow and Pet are torn apart by a high school graduation and an unsolved murder. They have a second chance to reignite their romance after ten years. The murderer reappears determined to separate them once more, this time permanently.

I boka møter vi Aminata Diallo som blir bortført fra Vest-Afrika og solgt som slave til en plantasje i South Carolina som elleve-åring. Aminata blir etter hvert videresolgt, men klarer å flykte.