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Wench

a Novel
m2
May 02, 2011m2 rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
This one was a page - turner. I read the book in 2 days and really wanted to stay up even later and finish in one day. An amazing story constructed out of a short historical notice about a resort in Ohio catering to white southerners and their black female slaves. Devastating details -- and yet the story isn't maudlin or patronizing. Much better than The Help ( to which the cover of the paperback compares it) because it is told from the perspective of the slave women, not an outsider do-gooder. Good for book clubs, though. Immediately prior to the civil war in history...so good for those who are looking back to the Civil War due to the recent milestone.