Night Wherever We Go: A Novel

ISBN: 0063249871

Author: Peyton, Tracey Rose

Condition: New

A RECOMMENDED READ FROM: The Washington Post Atlanta Journal-Constitution CrimeReads Library JournalA gripping, radically intimate debut novel about a group of enslaved women staging a covert rebellion against their ownersOn a struggling Texas plantation, six enslaved women slip from their sleeping quarters and gather in the woods under the cover of night. The Lucys-as they call the plantation owners, after Lucifer himself-have decided to turn around the farms bleak financial prospects by making the women bear children. They have hired a stockman to impregnate them. But the women are determined to protect themselves.Now each of the six faces a choice. Nan, the doctoring woman, has brought a sack of cotton root clippings that can stave off children when chewed daily. If they all take part, the Lucys may give up and send the stockman away. But a pregnancy for any of them will only encourage the Lucys further. And should their plan be discovered, the consequences will be severe.Visceral and arresting, Night Wherever We Go illuminates each womans individual trials and desires while painting a subversive portrait of collective defiance. Unflinching in her portrayal of Americas gravest injustices, while also deeply attentive to the transcendence, love, and solidarity of women whose interior lives have been underexplored, Tracey Rose Peyton creates a story of unforgettable power.