The Wedding Gift [Paperback]

 

The Wedding Gift [Paperback]

 

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Product Details

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: BookSurge Publishing (December 7, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1439255830
• ISBN-13: 978-1439255834
• Product Dimensions: 6 x 9 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  

Customer Reviews

Last summer I met the author, Mrs. Bodden and her husband at the 2010 Harlem Book Festival. I made a promise to myself that I would purchase the book and read it. A year later I ordered the book as I had the postcard on my refrigerator as a reminder to purchase a copy.
My normal summer read is a Benilde Little book, which I am awaiting a new one.
And a friend had just given me Raising Ce Ce Honeycott, which I simply devoured.
So it was time for me to keep that promise to myself and purchase "The Wedding Gift" for this summer.
When I first began reading it I was surprised that it was about slavery, I was expecting something like "Jumping the Broom," or some modern day marriage twist like the "Wedding," by Dorothy West.
As I relinquished my expectations I became enveloped in the storyline and couldn't put it down. As I began reading Theodora's accounts of being the Mistress of a Plantation, her accounts answered so many questions I had about what women thought of their husbands, slavery, and mulatto children born to them.
Like many others, I was thrilled at the surprised ending - and to tell you the truth, I am now wanting a sequel to what happens next?
I am so grateful to have been given this insight into the lives of slaves and of the women of that period. This book was indeed a gift to the reader.
If you haven't gotten a copy - it will be worth it! Even if you've been putting it off -
The main character you will just love to hate her and then love Sarah Campbell - she is spoiled, naive at first, and then brave and eventually your heroine.
Though many slave stories have been told, this is still a one-of-a-kind tale, you will not want to miss.

Fantastic book. I couldn't put it down. Great surprise ending--I never saw it coming. If you like historical fiction, this book is a vivid, and sometimes heartbreaking, portrayal of early American slavery and the oppression of women. You can tell this book is well researched, but the impressive part is how seamlessly it is woven into the story. I can't wait to tell my friends about this book.