Stand the Storm
A Novel
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Word Count
80,000 words, Guess
Page Count
320 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Internet Archivestandstormnovel00clar
- ISBN-100316007048
- ISBN-139780316007047
- LibraryThing5547414
- Goodreads2418016
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- Library of Congress Control Number2007049805
- OCLC Control Number181603147
- Better World Books9780316007047
- Open LibraryOL10426066M
Classifications
- LCCPS3553.L298 S73 2008
- LCCPS3553.L298S73 2008
Description
Even though Sewing Annie Coats and her son, Gabriel, have managed to buy their freedom, their lives are still marked by constant struggle and sacrifice. Washington's Georgetown neighborhood, where the Coatses operate a tailor's shop and laundry, is supposed to be a "promised land" for former slaves but is effectively a frontier town, gritty and dangerous, with no laws protecting black people.The remarkable emotional energy with which the Coatses wage their daily battles-as they negotiate with their former owner, as they assist escaped slaves en route to freedom, as they prepare for the encroaching war, and as they strive to love each other enough-is what propels STAND THE STORM and makes the novel's tragic denouement so devastating.
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Other Editions
- Stand the Storm: A Novel
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