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Set on a Texas plantation in 1852, Tracey Rose Peyton’s Night Wherever We Go tells the visceral, unforgettable story of how six enslaved women resisted the unimaginable. Bold and nuanced, harrowing and haunting, it’s a mighty feat of storytelling that gets into your bones.
As a result of their plantation falling on hard times, the Lucys (“kin of the devil”) decide to take hideous measures in an attempt to turn their fortunes around. After being told that it’s better to invest in enslaved women than men, the owners hire a man to impregnate them, effectively as a way to “breed” more workers.
But the six women refuse to let this happen. They conspire to transcend this fate, with wise healer Nan knowing what plants they could use to stave off pregnancy. But it’s not so simple – the risk of being discovered is excruciating, mistrust and fear escalates, and “evil was always hungry”.
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Night Wherever We Go Synopsis
An intimate look at the domestic lives of enslaved women, NIGHT WHEREVER WE GO is an evocative meditation on resistance and autonomy, on love and transcendence and the bonds of female friendship in the darkest of circumstances.
On a struggling Texas plantation, six enslaved women slip from their sleeping quarters and gather in the woods under the cover of night. The Lucys?as they call the plantation owners, after Lucifer himself?have decided to turn around the farm’s bleak financial prospects by making the women bear children. They have hired a “stockman” to impregnate them. But the women are determined to protect themselves.
Now, each of the six faces a choice. Nan, the doctoring woman, has brought a sack of cotton root clippings that can stave off children when chewed daily. If they all take part, the Lucys may give up and send the stockman away. But a pregnancy for any of them will only encourage the Lucys further. And should their plan be discovered, the consequences will be severe.
Visceral and illuminating, Night Wherever We Go marks the arrival of a bold, lyrical and powerful new voice in fiction.
About This Edition
| ISBN: |
9780008532840 |
| Publication date: |
27th April 2023 |
| Author: |
Tracey Rose Peyton |
| Publisher: |
The Borough Press an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| Pagination: |
304 pages |
| Primary Genre |
Literary Fiction
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Tracey Rose Peyton Press Reviews
'A haunting evocation of the routine brutalities of slavery that is also a powerful celebration of friendship, community, resilience and rebellion. A hugely impressive debut' SARAH WATERS
'A powerful and inspired achievement... gives voice to the enslaved women of this nation's past who have, for far too long, had their voices gone unheard in the annals of history. She does them justice and then some. This one is not to be missed' NATHAN HARRIS, author of The Sweetness of Water
'ELIZABETH MCCRACKEN, author of The Souvenir Museum
'In finding a completely innovative way to write about Texas, Tracey Rose Peyton has found a wholly innovative way to write about the cost and debt of freedoms in this nation. The prose here is never wieldy, though the ideas and particularly, the explorations of longing while Black are wonderfully layered. Night Wherever We Go has the potential to change how Blacknesses, Texas and the nation are written about forever' KIESE LAYMON, author of Long Division
'A tale of epic survival, a song of collective resilience, an intimate exploration of love, friendship and sisterhood in the face of harrowing cruelty and injustice. In lyrical and precise prose, Tracey Rose Peyton evokes an indelible portrait of each woman's complicated desires, hopes and fears. And in spite of the characters' difficult lives, this is a book about joy and transcendence as much as it is about trauma and loss. The complex and varied voices of the women that inhabit Night Wherever We Go make it a haunting, powerful and utterly unforgettable read' RACHEL HENG, author of Suicide Club
