The Long Song
ABOUT
THE BOOK
July is a slave girl who lives upon a sugar plantation named Amity and it is her life that is the subject of this tale. She was there when the Baptist War raged in 1831, and she was also present when slavery was declared no more. My son says I must convey how the story tells also of July’s mama Kitty, of the negroes that worked the plantation land, of Caroline Mortimer the white woman who owned the plantation and many more persons besides – far too many for me to list here. But what befalls them all is carefully chronicled upon these pages for you to peruse.
NOMINATING LIBRARY COMMENTS
Levy displays considerable skill in this historical narrative that is clever, interesting and amusing – Chosen by our readers – A powerful and heartbreaking historical novel that is thoroughly captivating – The novel gives a vivid picture of the complexities of the period at the end of slavery and the early years of freedom. The brutalities of the era is masterfully executed through the intertwining of past and present narrations.