Remembrance by Rita Woods
Debut
Interesting novel with a touch of home for me. The intersecting lives and timelines of Abigail, Margot, Winter and Gaelle with much of the story taking place in Ohio (Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ashtabula).
Summary from Goodreads:
Remembrance…It’s a rumor, a whisper passed in the fields and veiled behind sheets of laundry. A hidden stop on the underground road to freedom, a safe haven protected by more than secrecy…if you can make it there.
Ohio, present day. An elderly woman who is more than she seems warns against rising racism as a young woman grapples with her life.
Haiti, 1791, on the brink of revolution. When the slave Abigail is forced from her children to take her mistress to safety, she discovers New Orleans has its own powers.
1857 New Orleans—a city of unrest: Following tragedy, house girl Margot is sold just before her 18th birthday and her promised freedom. Desperate, she escapes and chases a whisper.... Remembrance
I enjoyed each of the characters and their individual tragic journeys. I struggled slightly with the "magical realism" of Remembrance. Not the individual talents per se but with the Edge. And the final chapter left me a little perplexed regarding Gaelle's loss.
Summary from Goodreads:
Remembrance…It’s a rumor, a whisper passed in the fields and veiled behind sheets of laundry. A hidden stop on the underground road to freedom, a safe haven protected by more than secrecy…if you can make it there.
Ohio, present day. An elderly woman who is more than she seems warns against rising racism as a young woman grapples with her life.
Haiti, 1791, on the brink of revolution. When the slave Abigail is forced from her children to take her mistress to safety, she discovers New Orleans has its own powers.
1857 New Orleans—a city of unrest: Following tragedy, house girl Margot is sold just before her 18th birthday and her promised freedom. Desperate, she escapes and chases a whisper.... Remembrance
I enjoyed each of the characters and their individual tragic journeys. I struggled slightly with the "magical realism" of Remembrance. Not the individual talents per se but with the Edge. And the final chapter left me a little perplexed regarding Gaelle's loss.
Yet, overall this was a book I was reluctant to put down and I look forward to picking up Ms. Woods next book should she continue writing.
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