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Libertie : a novel / by Kaitlyn Greenidge.
"Coming of age as a free-born Black girl in Reconstruction-era Brooklyn, Libertie Sampson is all too aware that her mother, a physician, has a vision for their future together: Libertie will go to medical school and practice alongside her. But Libertie feels stifled by her mother's choices and is constantly reminded that, unlike her mother, Libertie has skin that is too dark. When a young man from Haiti proposes to Libertie and promises she will be his equal on the island, she accepts, only to discover that she is still subordinate to him and all men. As she tries to parse what freedom actually means for a Black woman, Libertie struggles with where she might find it-for herself and for generations to come"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781616207014 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 1616207019
- Physical Description: 327 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Edition.
- Publisher: Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2021.
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| Subject: | African American women > Fiction. Mothers and daughters > Fiction. Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) > History > 19th century > Fiction. Women physicians > Fiction. Marriage > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Historical fiction. |
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- 3 of 3 copies available at Kenton County.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Covington Branch | GREEN K (Text) | 33126024900593 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Erlanger Branch | GREEN K (Text) | 33126024900619 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Independence Branch | GREEN K (Text) | 33126024900601 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Kaitlyn Greenidge's debut novel, We Love You, Charlie Freeman, was one of the New York Times Criticsâ Top 10 Books of 2016 and a finalist for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize. She is a contributing writer for the New York Times and the features director at Harper's Bazaar, and her writing has also appeared in Vogue, Glamour, the Wall Street Journal, and elsewhere. She is the recipient of a Hodder Fellowship from Princeton University's Lewis Center for the Arts, as well as fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the Whiting Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, Substack, and the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study.Â