This here is love a novel

"Young Bless, the only child left to her enslaved mother, stubbornly crafts the terms of her vital existence. She stands as the lone bulwark between her mother and irreparable despair, her mother's only possibility of hope, as Bless reshapes the boundaries of love. David is a helping child and a sol...

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Main Author: Perry, Princess Joy L. (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2025]
Edition:First edition.
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Summary:"Young Bless, the only child left to her enslaved mother, stubbornly crafts the terms of her vital existence. She stands as the lone bulwark between her mother and irreparable despair, her mother's only possibility of hope, as Bless reshapes the boundaries of love. David is a helping child and a solace to his parents, and he gave a purpose to their trials. His survival hinges on his mother's shrewd intellect and ferocious fight, but his sustenance is his freed Black father's dream of emancipation for the entire family. Jack Dane, a Scots-Irish boy, sails to Britain's colonies when his father sells him into indentured servitude as an escape from poverty. There Jack learns from the rich the value of each person's life"--
Physical Description:372 pages ; 24 cm.
ISBN:9781324105978
1324105976
Author Notes:Princess Joy L. Perry is the recipient of a Virginia Commission for the Arts Fellowship and a winner of a Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Award. Her short stories have appeared in All About Skin , African American Review , and Kweli Journal . She lives in Norfolk, Virginia.