A Long way from home

"A poignant, powerful story that pays homage to the African-American experience and to the ancestors whose lives and histories are indelibly entwined with our own."
"Recounts the joys, pain, and ultimate triumph of three African-American women--Susie, her daughter Clara, and her granddaughter Susan--who are born and reared as house slaves on the Virginia plantation of President James Madison. The three generations are united by their love, fierce devotion, and a growing desire for freedom, a dream that will finally come to fruition for Susan at the end of the Civil War."@en
"Recounts the joys, pain, and ultimate triumph of three African-American women born and raised as house slaves on the Virginia plantation of President James Madison."@en
"A Long Way From Home is a poignant, powerful story that pays homage to the African--American experience and to the ancestors whose lives and histories are indelbly entwined with our own."
"A black woman's story, from slavery to freedom. She is Clara whose mother was a maid for President Madison. When he dies Clara is sold along with other chattels and the novel follows her ups and downs before and after the Civil War."