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Set in the Deep South pre Gone with the Wind and the Civil War, The Wedding Gift is a compelling and powerful story of slavery, abuse and passion. Perfect for fans of The Help.
Set in the Deep South pre Gone with the Wind and the Civil War, The Wedding Gift is a compelling and powerful story of slavery, abuse and passion. Perfect for fans of The Help.
Marlen Suyapa Bodden is a lawyer at The Legal Aid Society in New
York City - the nation's oldest law firm for low-wage and immigrant
workers - and an anti-war, anti-slavery, and anti-death penalty
activist. She drew on her knowledge of modern and historical human
rights abuses to write The Wedding Gift, her first novel and an
international Wall Street Journal bestseller. Bodden is a graduate
of New York University School of Law and Tufts University. She now
lives in Connecticut with her husband.
Visit www.marlenbodden.com for the history behind The Wedding Gift
in photographs, illustrations, maps, and a bibliography. Follow her
on Facebook at /marlensuyapabodden and Twitter @marlenbodden.
Bodden’s absorbing page-turner maintains its suspense right up to
the final pages, when there’s one last surprise for those hoping
for a happy ending.
*Sunday Express*
A powerful and engaging tale of slavery, passion and the quest for
freedom.
*www.candis.co.uk*
Stunning debut...Bodden weaves a page-turning tangled web of
misogyny, greed, scandal and violence in this powerful story about
races colliding against the backdrop of America's darkest era.
*Publisher's Weekly starred review*
As educational as it is compelling...Bodden writes with
delicacy...An inspiring read for historical fiction fans,
especially those who like strong female narrators.
*Booklist*
Sure to become 2013's sleeper hit...
*Ebony Magazine*
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