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A review by k_wall
Wench by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
5.0
This was book was amazing. I chose this book for a February reading challenge in my book club. Little did I know how this book would change the way I see this part of history. I was a little skeptical at first thinking this was another book about slavery and all the wrong doing of whites to blacks in the 1850's, but it was so much more than that.
This is a story of a slave girl, Lizzie. She travels to the free state of Ohio with her master, Drayle, to a resort where southern men liked to take their mistresses. Lizzie meets other women there who are in the same situation as her. While they are in Ohio, they start to wonder what freedom would feel like. They are scared of leaving everything and everyone they know behind though.
There were sometimes in this book that I forgot that it was set in the 1850's. This book was so wonderfully written. It showed that women, especially slave women, were strong during this time and put up with so much. They had no rights, but they stood together. It was almost like the women in this story belonged to a wonderful secret club where anyone would do anything to help another member. The ending was not what I expected and was hoping that Lizzie would do things differently. However, I would recommend this book to anyone. It is not just your typical "slavery" book. This is truly a story that can change the way you see things forever.
This is a story of a slave girl, Lizzie. She travels to the free state of Ohio with her master, Drayle, to a resort where southern men liked to take their mistresses. Lizzie meets other women there who are in the same situation as her. While they are in Ohio, they start to wonder what freedom would feel like. They are scared of leaving everything and everyone they know behind though.
There were sometimes in this book that I forgot that it was set in the 1850's. This book was so wonderfully written. It showed that women, especially slave women, were strong during this time and put up with so much. They had no rights, but they stood together. It was almost like the women in this story belonged to a wonderful secret club where anyone would do anything to help another member. The ending was not what I expected and was hoping that Lizzie would do things differently. However, I would recommend this book to anyone. It is not just your typical "slavery" book. This is truly a story that can change the way you see things forever.