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It was good. I liked Manon but I kind of enjoyed Sarah more, the slave given to Manon. But the ending was abrupt, I'm assuming that is the point of the book.

Beautifully written. Tough subject matter, but important and necessary reading.

Book 6 of my #12booksofsummer is a conundrum. Beautifully, skilfully written but a narrator - a plantation owner‘s wife - who, whilst being trapped herself, doesn‘t recognise her own prejudices and actions to limit the freedom of others. I found this quite problematic and didn‘t really enjoy the novel as a result.

I also found this on sale if anyone is interested.

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I struggled with enjoying this story. It might be a bit Alice Munro-y; you get to enter and observe a life for å while, and then leave without much having been resolved. But Munro does that beautifully, this just seemed pointless. I guess you can discuss the issues of feminism, sexism and who's really property, but there are books that deal better with similar issues. Like that book about the girl given a slave for her birthday by Sue Monk Kidd.