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Chargement... Apricots: Murder and Mystery in Saint Dominguepar Sally Christie
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"Saint Domingue (current-day Haiti), 1792: Rose Fongravier is a young widow struggling to manage her crumbling coffee plantation. Early one morning she discovers a body at the bottom of her garden: An accident, a personal vendetta, or - God forbid - the start of another slave revolt? Set over the course of one day against a backdrop of growing unrest in the French colony, the murder and its aftermath are seen through the eyes of a cross-section of the plantation's inhabitants: each has a different understanding of who is at fault and who should be held responsible. As the day draws to an end and events reach a crescendo, different tragedies emerge and no one will escape unscathed. Based on actual events and inspired by the surviving plantation records of an historical family, APRICOTS is a taut, atmospheric thriller that examines how the great events of the outside world shape and in turn are shaped by smaller, more intimate concerns and tragedies."--Provided by Publisher Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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I had a hard time keeping track of all the characters in the beginning of the story. After a few chapters, though, it was easy to keep up with them. The story is tightly packed with action and the reader gets to see the awful conditions that the slaves had to live with on the coffee and sugar plantations. Their stories were heartbreaking. Can you imagine being free for 60 years and then enslaved again on the whim of another person? Promises made to slaves by their owners in wills were simply discarded by their heirs; the law be damned.
The characters were fully developed and reflected the era in which they lived. I think the author's choice to have the events occur within one day made the pace of the story uber fast. I found it to be unputdownable.
The book is based on a true story and I feel it should be recommended reading. 5 out of 5 stars. ( )