Yellow wife : a novel / Sadeqa Johnson.
Born on a plantation in Charles City, Virginia, Pheby Brown was promised her freedom on her eighteenth birthday. Instead 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's survival lies in outwitting him-- even if it means making the ultimate sacrifice. -- adapted from jacket
Record details
- ISBN: 9781982149109
- ISBN: 1982149108
- Physical Description: 278 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2021.
- Copyright: ©2021
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (page 275). |
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Subject: | Enslaved women > Fiction Slavery > Virginia > Fiction. African Americans > Virginia > Fiction. Plantation life > Virginia > Fiction. Prisons > Virginia > History > Fiction. Virginia > History > 19th century > Fiction. Charles City (Va.) > History > 19th century > Fiction. Richmond (Va.) > History > 19th century > Fiction. |
Genre: | Historical fiction. |
Available copies
- 1 of 3 copies available at York County Libraries.
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- 1 current hold with 3 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Guthrie Memorial Library: Hanover's Public Library | Adults JOH Historical (Text)
Bookplate:
Plated 2021: in Memory and Honor of David F. Humbert, Sr.
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34007002426273 | Adult Area | Available | - |
Mason-Dixon Public Library | Adults JOH Fiction (Text) | 34262000837142 | Main Room | Checked Out | 05/13/2024 |
Paul Smith Library of Southern York County | Adults JOH Fiction (Text) | 34318001181367 | Adult Area | Checked Out | 05/06/2024 |
Summary:
Born on a plantation in Charles City, Virginia, Pheby Brown was promised her freedom on her eighteenth birthday. Instead 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's survival lies in outwitting him-- even if it means making the ultimate sacrifice. -- adapted from jacket