Remembrance

Name: Remembrance
Brand: Macmillan Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Author: Rita Woods
ISBN: 9781250263179

Author: Rita Woods

Narrator: Ella Turenne

Unabridged: 15 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Macmillan Audio

Published: 01/21/2020

Categories: Fiction, African American & Black Fiction, Historical Fiction, Women

Synopsis

Remembrance by Rita Woods is a breakout historical debut with modern resonance, perfect for the many fans of The Underground Railroad and Orphan Train.

Remembrance…It’s a rumor, a whisper passed in the fields and veiled behind sheets of laundry. A hidden stop on the underground road to freedom, a safe haven protected by more than secrecy…if you can make it there.

Ohio, present day. An elderly woman who is more than she seems warns against rising racism as a young woman grapples with her life.

Haiti, 1791, on the brink of revolution. When the slave Abigail is forced from her children to take her mistress to safety, she discovers New Orleans has its own powers.

1857 New Orleans—a city of unrest: Following tragedy, house girl Margot is sold just before her 18th birthday and her promised freedom. Desperate, she escapes and chases a whisper.... Remembrance.

About Rita Woods

RITA WOODS was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan. She received a BS in Microbiology from Purdue University before graduating from Howard University College of Medicine. She completed her training at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska and currently serves as Medical Director of a Wellness Center that provides care for members of one of the largest Trade Unions in the nation. Rita lives in suburban Chicago with her family, where she also serves as a Trustee on her local library board. She loves magic, books, history, coffee and traveling, not necessarily in that order. She is the author of the award-winning novel, Remembrance.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Renee (The B-Roll)

First of all, a huge thanks to Bookish First for an ARC of this book; I actually used the points I had saved up to request this book versus winning it. As soon as I saw the cover I was intrigued and then once I read the synopsis I was hooked. This book is one of many new books for this year and th......more

Goodreads review by sarah

"Remembrance…It’s a rumor, a whisper passed in the fields and veiled behind sheets of laundry. A hidden stop on the underground road to freedom, a safe haven protected by more than secrecy…if you can make it there. " Remembrance is a book that transcends genres. Set in both historical periods and mod......more

Goodreads review by Chelsey (a_novel_idea11)

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Historical fiction meets fantasy in this debut novel. Told by four women across over 200 years, the story focuses on the trials and tribulations of three women possessing a power and strength of which they are all not aware. Gaelle, an aide at a senior center in the present day, struggles to m......more

Goodreads review by Nursebookie

Remembrance is an amazing debut novel that is told in multiple timelines and narratives that has a magical and fantastical twist. I enjoyed reading about this amazing story of three strong women that is weaved seamlessly. Rita Woods’ writing was complex with multiple plot lines and her writing was m......more