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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
A RECOMMENDED READ FROM: The Washington Post - Atlanta Journal-Constitution - CrimeReads - Library Journal
A gripping, radically intimate debut novel about a group of enslaved women staging a covert rebellion against their owners
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 arresting, Night Wherever We Go illuminates each woman's individual trials and desires while painting a subversive portrait of collective defiance. Unflinching in her portrayal of America's gravest injustices, while also deeply attentive to the transcendence, love, and solidarity of women whose interior lives have been underexplored, Tracey Rose Peyton creates a story of unforgettable power.
About This Edition
ISBN: |
9780063249875 |
Publication date: |
3rd January 2023 |
Author: |
Tracey Rose Peyton |
Publisher: |
Ecco Press an imprint of HarperCollins |
Format: |
Hardback |
Pagination: |
304 pages |
Primary Genre |
Literary Fiction
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