Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa
Auteur de Daughters of the Stone
Œuvres de Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa
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Daughters of Latin America: An International Anthology of Writing by Latine Women (2023) — Contributeur — 18 exemplaires
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- Nationalité
- USA
Puerto Rico
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 2
- Aussi par
- 1
- Membres
- 137
- Popularité
- #149,084
- Évaluation
- 4.0
- Critiques
- 7
- ISBN
- 13
- Langues
- 1
A Woman of Endurance is a historical fiction by Puerto Rican author Dahlma Llanos-Figuero, the second book in a series, which can be read as a stand-alone story. It explores the 19th century Transatlantic slave trade to plantations in Puerto Rico.
Pola was born Keera, a Yoruba woman of West Africa. She is stolen from her home and people, and subjected to horrific conditions of the Middle Passage. Her life on the plantation is one of repeated trauma and brutality, being abused and used as a breeder of babies that are wrenched away from her at birth. She then moves to a second plantation where she finally experiences a little humanity and through a lost girl called Chachita finally rediscovers a place in her heart for love.
The story gives a vivid picture of life on the Hacienda. I found Pola to be a fairly passive character in the story. Although her suffering is detailed very explicitly and she endures, I didn’t feel we really got to know her. The romance is clearly with a man of worth and character but was not completely convincing for me. If you struggle with reading about abuse of women I would avoid this one, as this forms a large part of the text. Overall 3.5 stars for me.… (plus d'informations)