"Women slaves Fiction." . . . . "LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General" . . "Louisiana" . . "Louisiana." . . . . "Miscellaneous fiction" . . . . . "Fiction"@en . "Fiction" . "\"From National Book Award finalist Susan Straight comes a haunting historical novel about a Louisiana slave girl's perilous journey to freedom. Daughter of an African mother and a white father she never knew, Moinette is a house maid on a plantation south of New Orleans. At fourteen she is sold, separated from her mother without a chance to say goodbye. Bright, imaginative and well aware of everything she risks, Moinette at once begins to prepare for an opportunity to escape. Inspired by a true story, A Million Nightingales portrays Moinette's experience-and the treacherous world she must navigate-with uncommon richness, intricacy, and drama.\"--Publisher's website." . . . . . . . . . . . "Electronic books"@en . . . . "Historical fiction" . "Historical fiction"@en . . . . . "Un millón de ruiseñores"@es . . . . . . . . . . "The tale of a slave girl's journey, emotional and physical, from captivity to freedom in 19th century Louisiana."@en . "When she is sold away from her family, Moinette begins to prepare herself for an escape to freedom, journeying through a world of brutality, sexual violence, loss, and struggle to find her way out of the bonds of slavery."@en . "When she is sold away from her family, Moinette begins to prepare herself for an escape to freedom, journeying through a world of brutality, sexual violence, loss, and struggle to find her way out of the bonds of slavery." . . . "A million nightingales"@en . "A million nightingales" . . . "Fiction." . . "Teenage girls." . . "Plantation life." . . "Racially mixed people Fiction Fiction." . . "Women slaves." . . "Teenage girls Fiction." . . "FICTION / Literary." . . "Racially mixed people." . .