Showing results for "The Yellow Book" in Coming of Age

Born on a plantation in Charles City, Virginia, Pheby Brown was promised her freedom on her eighteenth birthday. But when her birthday finally comes around, instead of the idyllic life she was hoping for with her true love, she finds herself thrust into the bowels of slavery at the infamous Devil's Half-Acre, a jail where slaves are broken, tortured, and sold every day. Forced to become the mistress of the brutal man who owns the jail, Pheby faces the ultimate sacrifice to protect her heart.

Manuela Penarrocha té tretze anys. Asseguda en una cadireta baixa al portal de casa seva, cus les espardenyes com ningú. La nena d’ulls grisos i cabells d’or recorda el seu pare. Ell, per fer la guerra, n’ha portat unes com aquestes, com la resta de carlistes, homes d’espardenya, garrot, trabuc i navalla a la faixa. Vol abraçar-lo, sentir l’escalfor del seu petó al front. Enyora la mirada dura i alhora plena de tendresa, el seu riure estrident.