Douglass Women, Jewell Parker Rhodes
Douglass Women, Jewell Parker Rhodes
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Douglass' Women

Author: Jewell Parker Rhodes

Narrator: Robin Miles, Linda Stephens

Unabridged: 11 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 07/03/2009


Synopsis

The best-selling author of Voodoo Dreams (F0036) focuses on two women who loved the great abolitionist Frederick Douglass. Anna, a free woman of color, was his rescuer, his loving wife and mother to his children. Ottilie Assing, a white German woman, became his intellectual soul mate and mistress. At times, they all lived under the same roof.

About Jewell Parker Rhodes

Dr. Jewell Parker Rhodes is the author of six adult novels: Voodoo Dreams, Magic City, Douglass’ Women, Season, Moon, and Hurricane, as well as the memoir Porch Stories: A Grandmother’s Guide to Happiness and two writing guides, Free within Ourselves: Fiction Lessons for Black Authors and The African American Guide to Writing and Publishing Nonfiction. Jewell is also the author of seven books for youth, including the New York Times bestsellers Ghost Boys and Black Brother, Black Brother. She has won the American Book Award, the Black Caucus of the American Library Award for Literary Excellence, and the Jane Addams Peace Association Book Award. Jewell is the founding artistic director of the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing and narrative studies professor and Virginia G. Piper endowed chair at Arizona State University. She was awarded an honorary doctorate of humane letters from Carnegie-Mellon University. She lives in Seattle, Washington.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Lois

This was such a good read. I found I could not put it down. I'm familiar with Frederick Douglass. I read the autobiography he wrote in high school. I also learned in college that he supported the suffragettes in their ideals of universal suffrage. So, I felt like I was familiar with his character. T......more

I was reluctant to read this book and I think I should have followed my instincts. Historical fiction which deals with the intimate lives of well-known people is difficult for me. It is clearly impossible for most of the book to be accurate, but,more importantly, it just didn't ring true to me. It w......more