Roccie Hill
Author
Language
English
Description
A woman fights for her life as a refugee, slave, mother, and farmer, in this "saga with many layers . . . [A] riveting, addictive journey" (Joanne Hardy, author of The Girl in the Butternut Dress).
After the deaths of her white father and mixed-race mother, young Eliza is left with neither home nor family in the newly forming frontier of Texas.
Enslaved by men who treat her body as their property, she eventually escapes, marries, becomes a...
Author
Language
English
Description
After the deaths of her white father and mixed-race mother, young Eliza is left with neither home nor family in the newly forming frontier of Texas. Enslaved by men who treat her body as their property, she eventually escapes, marries, becomes a mother, and realizes her dream of having a small farm. But she must fight and kill to keep it-even if it does mean welcoming others who have been shunned or forgotten by society. Living and laboring together,...