A Sitting in St. James

A Sitting in St. James
Rita Williams-Garcia
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h203 x 135mm - 480pg
7 Jul 2022 US
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9780062367310
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A tour-de-force from three-time National Book Award finalist Rita Williams-Garcia, this story of an antebellum plantation-and the enduring legacies of slavery upon every person who lives there-is essential reading for both teens and adults grappling with the long history of American racism. 1860, Louisiana. After serving as mistress of Le Petit Cottage for more than six decades, Madame Sylvie Guilbert has decided, in spite of her family' s objections, to sit for a portrait. While Madame plots her last hurrah, stories that span generations-from the big house to out in the fields-of routine horrors, secrets buried as deep as the family fortune, and the tangled bonds of descendants and enslaved. This astonishing novel from award-winning author Rita Williams-Garcia about the interwoven lives of those bound to a plantation in antebellum America is an epic masterwork-empathetic, brutal, and entirely human.
"Equal parts history and tantalizing, chaotic drama, Williams-Garcia' s stunning novel delivers a fresh and nuanced approach to the tale of American slavery. . . Best-selling, award-winning Williams-Garcia' s return to YA, particularly with a book as monumental as this, is definite cause for celebration. " -- Booklist (starred review) "With a cast of characters whose assorted genealogies feel like an ode to the mixing of peoples and cultures in Louisiana, this story broadens and emboldens interrogations of U. S. chattel slavery. . . A marathon masterpiece that shares a holistic portrait of U. S. history that must not be dismissed or forgotten. " -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) ". . . offers an unvarnished look at a slowly toppling power structure obsessed with artifice and tradition, hinting through a notably long-view lens that new generations may, slowly and not without suffering, move away from antiquated ideology. " -- Publishers Weekly "In this sweeping, richly researched, and powerfully delivered tale of privilege and exploitation-often a difficult read-Williams-Garcia' s storytelling is magnificent; her voice honest and authentic. " -- Horn Book (starred review) "Williams-Garcia is chessmaster of a deviously intricate game; Madame Sylvie may make the boldest moves, but it' s her hobbled pawn, the near-silent servant Thisbe, who listens, observes, learns, and amasses the knowledge to strike the queen with a coup de grace. " -- Bulletin of the Center for Children' s Books
Rita Williams-Garcia' s Newbery Honor-winning novel, One Crazy Summer, was a winner of the Coretta Scott King Author Award, a National Book Award finalist, the recipient of the Scott O' Dell Award for Historical Fiction, and a New York Times bestseller. The sequel, P. S. Be Eleven was also a Coretta Scott King Author Award winner and an ALA Notable Children' s Book for Middle Readers.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9780062367310
Published: 7 Jul 2022
Published In: United States
Imprint: Quill Tree Books
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format: Paperback
Height: 203mm
Width: 135mm
Spine: 27mm
Weight: 454g
Pages: 480

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