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A woman of endurance : a novel / Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa.

Summary:
"A groundbreaking historical novel from a heralded author that explores the seldom discussed Puerto Rican Atlantic Slave Trade. At a time when importing humans from Africa had been prohibited by the Spanish Crown, Pola and other slave women provide their master with babies who are immediately taken away and sold on the auction block. Her serial rapes by a number of men are routine and often provided entertainment for the master and his friends. Understandably she grows into an angry, distrustful and combative woman who lives life in survival mode at all times. After repeated attempts at escape and having been beaten almost to death, she is sent to a new plantation owner as payment of a gambling debt. Pola's life in the second plantation is much more bearable than her past experience. In this new hacienda, she is taken in by a supportive group of other enslaved black women. Within the confines of this enslaved community, she encounters a wide variety of people and situations that are new to her. Cautious and still hostile, she begins to find her way this new environment and the people in it, leading to conflicting feelings and much soul-searching. Among the people she meets is a Chachita, a young woman who becomes a surrogate daughter to her, and Simón, a man who, amazingly, takes nothing from her and offers her a hand in friendship. Her physical and emotional wounds begin to heal as she finds more freedom of movement and emotional support than she has known since captivity. Ultimately, she begins to reconcile her brutal past with a more nurturing present in which she allows herself to trust and love again"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780063062221
  • ISBN: 0063062224
  • Physical Description: x, 341 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022]

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
Losing Yemayá -- A new world -- In Simón's eyes, I -- The hands of men -- Hacienda las Mercedes -- In Simón's eyes, II -- The world of women -- Beyond Las Agujas -- Back to the fields -- In Simón's mind, I -- The healing tree -- Then hands of women -- In Simón's mind, II -- The faces of love -- Tiempo muerto -- When the rains come -- Holes -- Finding Chachita -- Discoveries -- In Simón's heart, I -- Gains -- Losses -- Revelations -- In Simón's heart, II -- New pathways -- Celebration.
Subject: Plantation life > Puerto Rico > Fiction.
Enslaved women > Fiction
Psychic trauma > Fiction.
Female friendship > Fiction.

Available copies

  • 10 of 10 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 10 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Albright Memorial Library FICTION LLANOS (Text) 50686016161064 Adult Fiction Available -
Annie Halenbake Ross Library F Lla (Text)
Memorial: In remembrance of Marie Harris by Sue Helt's book club
00155199 ADULT Fiction Available -
Bedford County Library F LLA (Text) 35010001093663 Adult Fiction Available -
Dillsburg Area Public Library Adults LLA Fiction (Text) 34001001413523 Adult Area Available -
Reading Public Library RPL - Main Fiction Llanos-Figueroa (Text) 33223008916529 Fiction Available -
Valley Community Library FICTION LLANOS (Text) 50690111278021 Adult Fiction Available -
Allentown Public Library LLANOS-FIGUEROA, DAHLMA (Text) 34455006901173 Adult Fiction Available -
Clymer Library FIC LLA (Text) 32596000516350 Adult Fiction Available -
Easton Main Library LLANOS-FIGUEROA (Text) 31901004592574 Adult Fiction Available -
Wayne County Public Library FIC LLA (Text) 31843001286497 Fiction Available -


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