![]() ![]() She hates him, but not because of the way he treats his slaves because he shamed her by regularly “sleeping with” and having two children by Sarah, her maid. It’s written from the point of view of a woman named Manon, whose husband is the worst kind of cruel plantation owner. Valerie Martin says, “White women: We did this. It turns out that Property is a chillingly narrated, unflinching first-person look at the role white women played in the history of slavery, particularly the way they contributed to cruelty toward enslaved women. I was initially suspicious of a book about slavery having been written by a white woman, but there’s a blurb of praise by Toni Morrison on the front cover, so I stayed open-minded. ![]() Property won the Women’s Prize in 2003, so I read it as part of the #ReadingWomen challenge. I even heard the catch of the latch, though perhaps it was only Sarah’s baby swallowing hard.” “The sight of him was like a door slamming in my face. ![]()
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