The concubine and the slave-catcher /
Ten powerful stories set on several continents and at different periods in history. A well-meaning abolitionist learns the sordid and violent truth about slavery from her African servants in Boston. The sundering of India and Pakistan in the 1947 Partition is revealed when a Muslim boy is adopted by...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London :
HopeRoad Publishing,
2017.
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| Summary: | Ten powerful stories set on several continents and at different periods in history. A well-meaning abolitionist learns the sordid and violent truth about slavery from her African servants in Boston. The sundering of India and Pakistan in the 1947 Partition is revealed when a Muslim boy is adopted by a Hindu family during the chaos of mass migration. A young university student finds her engagement broken off because her fiancé's family disapproves of her Western attire. The horrors of the Holocaust are writ large in one pregnant woman's experiences. |
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| Physical Description: | 244 pages ; 20 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9781908446619 1908446617 |