Thank you to Mandy for the impromptu hosting of the meeting - Cindy still on a plane somewhere as she had forgotten!!!!! Brain definitely having a senior moment there!
Back to the book: Set in the south of America before the emancipation of the slaves. A suffocating look at life within a marriage and slave ownership on a plantation. An uncomfortable read. The book looks at property in many senses of the word: wife as property, the dowry property the wife brings into a marriage, slaves as property and home/farm/land ownership. At the outset of her marriage Manon hoped for much in her marriage, these hopes are subsumed as her slave Sarah becomes her husbands lover and usurps her in his affections. A triangle of hate emerges, with Sarah and Manon unable to do anything about their situation. Manon unable to cope with her husbands obsession with Sarah and their child together, Manon's money, and Sarah's hatred of her life as a slave. The characters were unsympathetic but intense. You begin to understand the dark, claustrophobic and intense life of plantation living.
Back to the book: Set in the south of America before the emancipation of the slaves. A suffocating look at life within a marriage and slave ownership on a plantation. An uncomfortable read. The book looks at property in many senses of the word: wife as property, the dowry property the wife brings into a marriage, slaves as property and home/farm/land ownership. At the outset of her marriage Manon hoped for much in her marriage, these hopes are subsumed as her slave Sarah becomes her husbands lover and usurps her in his affections. A triangle of hate emerges, with Sarah and Manon unable to do anything about their situation. Manon unable to cope with her husbands obsession with Sarah and their child together, Manon's money, and Sarah's hatred of her life as a slave. The characters were unsympathetic but intense. You begin to understand the dark, claustrophobic and intense life of plantation living.
Words used to describe the book: grim, suffocating, intense, dark, irritating characters, shackled.
Marks out of 10 - between 7 - 9 so highly marked.
Next Book
About the Author by John Colapinto
Next Meeting
127 Harbord Street
in Chrissie's new kitchen - it should be ready by then!
Thursday 22 April
About the Author by John Colapinto
Next Meeting
127 Harbord Street
in Chrissie's new kitchen - it should be ready by then!
Thursday 22 April
