The Book of Negroes

<p><strong>'A beautiful, compelling artifice, spun from unspeakably savage facts . . . a fiction that faces the terrible truth about slavery' </strong><em>The Times</em><br /><strong><br />WINNER OF THE COMMONWEALTH PRIZE FOR FICTION</strong><br /><br /><strong>Based on a true story, Lawrence Hill's epic novel spans three continents and six decades to bring to life a dark and shameful chapter in our history through the story of one brave and resourceful woman.</strong><br /><br />Abducted from her West African village at the age of eleven and sold as a slave in the American South, Aminata Diallo thinks only of freedom - and of finding her way home again.<br /><br />After escaping the plantation, torn from her husband and child, she passes through Manhattan in the chaos of the Revolutionary War, is shipped to Nova Scotia, and then joins a group of freed slaves on a harrowing return odyssey to Africa.<br /><br /><br /><strong>What readers are saying:</strong><br /><br />***** 'Beautifully written ... an enlightening read'<br />***** 'Since reading, this has become my favourite book ever'<br />***** 'A powerful historical account of an incredible woman's journey'</p>