Bibliograph

Yellow wife, a novel, Sadeqa Johnson

Type

Label

Yellow wife, a novel, Sadeqa Johnson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (page 275)

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Yellow wife

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1225632219

Responsibility statement

Sadeqa Johnson

Sub title

a novel

Summary

Born on a plantation but set apart from the others by her mother's position as a medicine woman, a young slave is forced to leave home at eighteen and unexpectedly finds herself in an infamously cruel jailBorn 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

Target audience

adult

Classification