A Million Nightingales

From National Book Award finalist Susan Straight comes a haunting historical novel about a Louisiana slave girl's perilous journey to freedom.Daughter of an African mother and a white father she never knew, Moinette is a house maid on a plantation south of New Orleans. At fourteen she is sold, separated from her mother without a chance to say goodbye. Bright, imaginative and well aware of everything she risks, Moinette at once begins to prepare for an opportunity to escape. Inspired by a true story, A Million Nightingales portrays Moinette's experience-and the treacherous world she must navigate-with uncommon richness, intricacy, and drama.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Anchor Books
Published: 05/08/2007
ISBN: 9781400095599
Pages: 368
Weight: 0.57lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.26w x 0.81d

Review Citations: New York Times 07/15/2007 pg. 24