Bloodlines

By Fred D'Aguiar

Subjects: Poetry (poetic works by one author), Women slaves, African American families, Racially mixed people, Poetry

Description: Like no poetry you've ever known before, this novel-in-verse sweeps you up in the story of a young female slave who falls in love with the son of the plantation owner and runs away with him in search of a new life. En route they are rescued by an old man who has organised a secret underground railroad to help slaves escape, but they become separated from each other: Faith, the woman, is sold back into slavery and Christy, her lover, punished with forced labour. The novel is narrated by their son who is stuck in time until their story is told.