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The Last Runaway

by Tracy Chevalier
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'Addictively compelling' The Times 'A joy to read' Maggie O'Farrell As she watched, the darkness unfolded itself, stood and took the shape of a young black woman, barefoot, in a yellow dress. Now Honor must actually do something, though she did not yet know what. Honor Bright is a sheltered Quaker who has rarely ventured out of 1850s Dorset when she impulsively emigrates to America. Opposed to the slavery that defines and divides the country, she finds her principles tested to the limit when a runaway slave appears at the farm of her new family. In this tough, unsentimental place, where whisky bottles sit alongside quilts, Honor befriends two spirited women who will teach her how to turn ideas into action.
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Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

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  • ISBN: 9780007517312
  • Release date: August 29, 2013

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  • ISBN: 9780007517312
  • File size: 1947 KB
  • Release date: August 29, 2013
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Fiction Literature Historical Fiction

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'Addictively compelling' The Times 'A joy to read' Maggie O'Farrell As she watched, the darkness unfolded itself, stood and took the shape of a young black woman, barefoot, in a yellow dress. Now Honor must actually do something, though she did not yet know what. Honor Bright is a sheltered Quaker who has rarely ventured out of 1850s Dorset when she impulsively emigrates to America. Opposed to the slavery that defines and divides the country, she finds her principles tested to the limit when a runaway slave appears at the farm of her new family. In this tough, unsentimental place, where whisky bottles sit alongside quilts, Honor befriends two spirited women who will teach her how to turn ideas into action.
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Fiction Literature Historical Fiction