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Someone knows my name

Paperback • 2007 • English

Someone knows my name

By Lawrence Hill

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About the book

Winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize. "Wonderfully written...populated by vivid characters and rendered in fascinating detail." ―Nancy Kline, New York Times Book Review Kidnapped from Africa as a child, Aminata Diallo is enslaved in South Carolina but escapes during the chaos of the Revolutionary War. In Manhattan she becomes a scribe for the British, recording the names of blacks who have served the King and earned their freedom in Nova Scotia. But the ...Show more

Fiction: general and literary
Family life fiction
Historical fiction

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ISBN

9780393333091

Published year

2007

Language

English

Original title

Someone knows my name

Format

Paperback

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