Stand the Storm, Breena Clarke
Stand the Storm, Breena Clarke
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Stand the Storm
A Novel

Author: Breena Clarke

Narrator: Richard Allen

Unabridged: 10 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 11/03/2008

Synopsis

Even though Sewing Annie Coats and her son, Gabriel, have managed to buy their freedom, their lives are still marked by constant struggle and sacrifice. Washington's Georgetown neighborhood, where the Coatses operate a tailor's shop and laundry, is supposed to be a "promised land" for former slaves, but it is effectively a frontier town, gritty and dangerous, with no laws protecting black people.

The remarkable emotional energy with which the Coatses wage their daily battles—as they negotiate with their former owner, as they assist escaped slaves en route to freedom, as they prepare for the encroaching war, and as they strive to love each other enough—is what propels Stand the Storm and makes the novel's tragic denouement so devastating.

About Breena Clarke

Breena Clarke grew up in Washington, DC, and was educated at Webster College and Howard University. Her novel River, Cross My Heart was an Oprah's Book Club selection and an international bestseller.

Reviews

Goodreads review by robin

African American Life In Civil War Georgetown Set from the mid-1850's to about 1870, Breena Clarke's historical novel "Stand the Storm" (2008) tells the story of a persevering African American family that through its own efforts makes the difficult path from slavery to freedom. The story begins in so......more

Goodreads review by Laura

I didn’t really like this book. Some parts were better than others. It reminded me of Lalita Tademy’s book. I wonder if this one also is based on a true story? It doesn’t flow like a novel does. And the writing patterns were jarring. Like the two sentences that decsribed Gabriel and Mary drowning. T......more

Goodreads review by Sarah

The story dragged along way too much to the point where Gabriel and his mother could no longer see themselves as free. The midpoint of the story has an inundation of RATS!! And it becomes clear to Gabriel that he would lose the negotiation with their former master, and might find himself slave again......more

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