

From Connie Briscoe, the New York Times bestselling author of Sisters & Lovers and Big Girls Don't Cry, comes a lyrical and moving tour de force that is her most daringly ambitious novel to date--a multigenerational story of slavery freedom, and the indestructible bonds of...

Spanning more than sixty years, A Long Way from Home is the story of Susie; her daughter, Clara; and her granddaughter, Susan--house slaves born and reared at Montpelier, the Virginia plantation of President James Madison. Proud and intelligent, these women are united by love,...




In a heartfelt story that spans more than six decades, Briscoe draws from her own family history to recreate a vivid picture of slavery in the American South, focusing on a family of intelligent women slaves reared on President James Madison's Virginia plantation. Briscoe is...