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The Wedding Gift

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Pub Date 9 May 2013 | Archive Date 15 Jan 2014

Random House | Century

General Fiction (Adult)

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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.
What if, on your sister's wedding day, you were given to her – as her slave?

When wealthy plantation owner Cornelius Allen marries off his daughter Clarissa, he presents her with a wedding gift: a young slave woman called Sarah.

The two girls have grown up together but their lives could not have been more different. Clarissa is white and is used to a life of privilege and ease. Sarah is black and is used to a life of slavery and hard work.

Forbidden by law to leave the plantation, Sarah longs to be free – in mind and in body.

But when she decides her future lies away from Clarissa, she sets in motion a series of events that will have devastating consequences for them both.

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.
What if, on your sister's wedding day, you were...

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UK edition - available for UK/ Commonwealth (excl Canada) requests

UK edition - available for UK/ Commonwealth (excl Canada) requests

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EDITION Other Format
ISBN 9781780891019
PRICE £12.99 (GBP)

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