On the day that Jacob, an Anglo-Dutch trader, agrees to accept a slave in lieu of payment for a debt from a plantation owner, little Florens’ life changes irrevocably. She ends up part of Jacob’s household, along with his wife Rebekka, Lina their Native American servant, and the enigmatic Sorrow who was rescued from a shipwreck.

Format: Paperback
Published: in UK in 2009
Publisher: Vintage Books
Pages: 176
Language: English
ISBN 13: 9780099502548
ISBN 10: 0099502542