Libertie, a novel, by Kaitlyn Greenidge
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Libertie, a novel, by Kaitlyn Greenidge
Language
eng
Index
no index present
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
Libertie
Oclc number
1159046788
Responsibility statement
by Kaitlyn Greenidge
Sub title
a novel
Summary
Coming of age in a free Black community in Reconstruction-era Brooklyn, Libertie Sampson is all too aware that her purposeful mother, a practicing physician, has a vision for their future together: Libertie is to go to medical school and practice alongside her. But Libertie, drawn more to music than science, feels stifled by her mother’s choices and is hungry for something else—is there really only one way to have an autonomous life? And she is constantly reminded that, unlike her light-skinned mother, Libertie will not be able to pass for white. When a young man from Haiti proposes to Libertie and promises she will be his equal on the island, she accepts, only to discover that she is still subordinate to him and all men. As she tries to parse what freedom actually means for a Black woman, Libertie struggles with where she might find it—for herself and for generations to come
Target audience
general
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Subject
- Mothers and daughters -- Juvenile fiction
- Bildungsromans
- Historical fiction
- Self-realization in women -- Juvenile fiction
- Women physicians -- Juvenile fiction
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction
- African American women -- New York (State) -- New York -- Juvenile fiction
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- Creator1
- Genre2
- Subject7
- Mothers and daughters -- Juvenile fiction
- Bildungsromans
- Historical fiction
- Self-realization in women -- Juvenile fiction
- Women physicians -- Juvenile fiction
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction
- African American women -- New York (State) -- New York -- Juvenile fiction
- Content1
- Author1
- Mapped to1