9781788169028 Libertie 30.3000 NZD InStock /shop/books /shop/books/fiction /shop/books/fiction/historical /shop/books/fiction/action-adventure A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2021 * LONGLISTED FOR THE 2022 PEN AMERICA OPEN BOOK AWARD Immersive, lyrical and deeply moving, Libertie is a novel about legacy and longing, the story of a young woman struggling to discover what freedom truly means - for herself, and for generations to come. Shrinking from her mother's ambitions for her future, Libertie ventures beyond her insulated community, hoping that somehow, somewhere, she will create a life that feels like her own. The only daughter of a prosperous Black woman physician, she was born free in a country still blighted by slavery. Libertie Sampson was named by her father as he lay dying, in honour of the bright, shining future he was sure was coming. A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2021 * LONGLISTED FOR THE 2022 PEN AMERICA OPEN BOOK AWARD 'An elegantly layered, beautifully rendered tour de force that is not to be missed' - Roxane Gay 'A feat of monumental thematic imagination' - The New York Times Book Review

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