Based on a remarkable true story, The Secrets of Mary Bowser is an inspiring tale of one daring woman's willingness to sacrifice her own freedom to change the course of historyAll her life, Mary has been a slave to the wealthy Van Lew family of Richmond, Virginia. But when Bet, the willful Van Lew d[...]
Based on a remarkable true story, The Secrets of Mary Bowser is an inspiring tale of one daring woman's willingness to sacrifice her own freedom to change the course of historyAll her life, Mary has been a slave to the wealthy Van Lew family of Richmond, Virginia. But when Bet, the willful Van Lew d[...]
'I spy with my little eye, where the bird goes when he doesn't fly,' Mama said one mid-day, her words floating on the Richmond heat as we carried empty cookpots through the yard to the kitchen.
Mama, your little girl is all grown up, and still playing our best game.
I am a sp[...]
In Verona, a city ravaged by plague and political rivalries, a mother mourning the death of her day-old infant enters the household of the powerful Cappelletti family to become the wet-nurse to their newborn baby. As she serves her beloved Juliet over the next fourteen years, the nurse learns the Ca[...]
Mary Bowsers hemmeligheter er basert på en sann fortelling, og er en inspirerende roman om en modig kvinnes vilje til å ofre sin egen frihet for å endre historien.Hele livet har Mary Bowser vært slave hos den velstående familien Van Lew i Richmond, Virginia. Men når Bet, den viljesterke datter[...]