«A beautiful and important book» The Times

On the day Jacob, an Anglo-Dutch trader, agrees to accept a slave as payment for a debt from a plantation owner, the life of young Florens changes forever. With her keen intelligence and desire to wear her mistress's cast-off shoes, Florens has never withdrawn into the shadows, and now, at the age of eight, she is separated from her family to begin a new life with a new master. She becomes part of Jacob's household, along with his wife Rebekka, Lina, the Native American servant, and the mysterious Sorrow, who was rescued from a shipwreck. Together, these women face the trials of their harsh environment as Jacob tries to establish himself in the inhospitable landscape of seventeenth-century North America.

«Toni Morrison is the greatest chronicler of the American experience we've ever known» Tayari Jones, New York Times

FROM THE NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF BELOVED

Winner of the PEN/Saul Bellow Award for Achievement in American Fiction

Pages: 176, Dimensions: 12.9x12.9cm