02435cam a2200373 i 4500 2808044145 TxAuBib 20250708120000.0 r 260328s2010||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781429929882 electronic bk. 142992988X electronic bk. MWT19396957 Midwest rda TxAuBib rda Levy, Andrea, author. The Long Song [Hoopla] / Andrea Levy. [United States : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010. Made available through hoopla. 1 online resource (320 pages.) txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Instant title available through hoopla. THE AUTHOR OF SMALL ISLAND TELLS THE STORY OF THE LAST TURBULENT YEARS OF SLAVERY AND THE EARLY YEARS OF FREEDOM IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY JAMAICA Told in the irresistibly willful and intimate voice of Miss July, with some editorial assistance from her son, Thomas, The Long Song is at once defiant, funny, and shocking. The child of a field slave on the Amity sugar plantation, July lives with her mother until Mrs. Caroline Mortimer, a recently transplanted English widow, decides to move her into the great house and rename her "Marguerite." Resourceful and mischievous, July soon becomes indispensable to her mistress. Together they live through the bloody Baptist war, followed by the violent and chaotic end of slavery. Taught to read and write so that she can help her mistress run the business, July remains bound to the plantation despite her "freedom." It is the arrival of a young English overseer, Robert Goodwin that will dramatically change life in the great house for both July and her mistress. Prompted and provoked by her son's persistent questioning, July's resilience and heartbreak are gradually revealed in this extraordinarily powerful story of slavery, revolution, freedom, and love. Mode of access: World Wide Web. Hoopla eBook. History fast Fiction. Literature lcgft Fiction. Electronic books. Historical fiction. lcgft Fiction. fast hoopla digital. https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/13980801?utm_source=MARC&Lid=hh4337 https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/mcm_9781429929882_180.jpeg Cover image