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Cicely Tyson has not only succeeded as an actor

lesser-known African American historical figures will be introduced to new generations of readers

Vanessa's view of her own world begins to change

But when Henry Jr

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Property Cover:Paperback Cicely Tyson has not onlyWINNER OF THE ORANGE PRIZE Set in 1828 on a Louisiana sugar plantation, this novel from the bestselling author of Mary Reilly presents a fresh, unsentimental look at what slave owning does to (and for) one's interior life. The writingso prised and clean limbedis a marvel" (Toni Morrison, Nobel Prize winning author of Beloved). Manon Gaudet, pretty, bitterly intelligent, and monstrously self absorbed, seethes under the dominion of her boorish husband.