A sitting in St. James
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Published:
Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2021.
Format:
Large Print
Edition:
Large print edition.
Physical Desc:
729 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
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Ages 16 UP
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"A tour-de-force from three-time National Book Award finalist Rita Williams-Garcia, this story of an antebellum plantation--and the enduring legacies of slavery upon every person who lives there--is essential reading for both teens and adults grappling with the long history of American racism. 1860, Louisiana. After serving as mistress of Le Petit Cottage for more than six decades, Madame Sylvie Guilbert has decided, in spite of her family's objections, to sit for a portrait. While Madame plots her last hurrah, stories that span generations--from the big house to out in the fields--of routine horrors, secrets buried as deep as the family fortune, and the tangled bonds of descendants and enslaved. This astonishing novel from award-winning author Rita Williams-Garcia about the interwoven lives of those bound to a plantation in antebellum America is an epic masterwork--empathetic, brutal, and entirely human"--

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Street Date:
2112
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781432890490, 1432890492

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"A tour-de-force from three-time National Book Award finalist Rita Williams-Garcia, this story of an antebellum plantation--and the enduring legacies of slavery upon every person who lives there--is essential reading for both teens and adults grappling with the long history of American racism. 1860, Louisiana. After serving as mistress of Le Petit Cottage for more than six decades, Madame Sylvie Guilbert has decided, in spite of her family's objections, to sit for a portrait. While Madame plots her last hurrah, stories that span generations--from the big house to out in the fields--of routine horrors, secrets buried as deep as the family fortune, and the tangled bonds of descendants and enslaved. This astonishing novel from award-winning author Rita Williams-Garcia about the interwoven lives of those bound to a plantation in antebellum America is an epic masterwork--empathetic, brutal, and entirely human"--,Provided by publisher.
Target Audience
Ages 16 UP,Thorndike Press.
Target Audience
Grades 10-12,Thorndike Press.

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APA Citation (style guide)

Williams-Garcia, R. (2021). A sitting in St. James. Large print edition. Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Williams-Garcia, Rita. 2021. A Sitting in St. James. Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Williams-Garcia, Rita, A Sitting in St. James. Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2021.

MLA Citation (style guide)

Williams-Garcia, Rita. A Sitting in St. James. Large print edition. Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2021.

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