Daughters of the Stone A Novel

Name: Daughters of the Stone A Novel
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ISBN: 9780312539269

ISBN-10: 0312539266

ISBN-13: 9780312539269

Edition: 2009

Authors: Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa

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It's the mid-1800's in colonial Puerto Rico. Fela is brought from Africa to work as a seamstress at a sugar plantation. Her former mistress had her tongue cut out, so she cannot speak. But she is very skilled with a needle and thread, a talent her new mistress will happily exploit. Fela carries a special stone with her; before she and her husband were separated, they performed a tribal ceremony which poured the essence of their unborn child into the stone. She is biding her time, waiting for the chance to finish what she started. So when the plantation owner approaches her, Fela allows him to act out his desires. She becomes pregnant and gives birth to Mati, who will become a powerful…

Book details

List price: $25.99
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Publication date: 9/1/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 336
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English