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A sitting in St. James, Rita Williams-Garcia

Label
A sitting in St. James, Rita Williams-Garcia
Language
eng
Form of composition
not applicable
Format of music
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Literary text for sound recordings
fiction
Main title
A sitting in St. James
Music parts
not applicable
Oclc number
1251927459
Responsibility statement
Rita Williams-Garcia
Summary
1860, Louisiana. After serving as mistress of Le Petit Cottage for more than six decades, Madame Sylvie Guilbert has decided, in spite of her family's indifference, to sit for a portrait. But there are other important stories to be told on the Guilbert plantation. Stories that span generations, from the big house to out in the fields, of routine horrors, secrets buried as deep as the family fortune, and the tangled bonds of descendants and enslaved
Target audience
adolescent
Transposition and arrangement
not applicable
Classification
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