Then, There Was Iron

By Ellen Barton

Book Overview

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 140339119X
• ISBN13: 9781403391193
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: 1st Book Library
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

A great read

I found the novel to be wonderful and truly uniqe. Ellen Barton is a great voice for our future.

Then, There Was Iron

I thought this novel was a very intelligent read. I think that you must have a higher than average IQ to understand the depth that Miss Barton has written on. Obviously some people are not on that level and therefore do not understand this novel, making it boring as in the words of "Mitchell." As for "coming out" to her family...Miss Barton has been out of the closet for approx. 15 years. I know this because I have logged onto her website (http://www.thentherewasiron.com) and corrosponded directly with her. Clarice

Intelligent

Then, There was Iron, is a wonderful read. It is filled with interesting characters and anticipation. It is a stimulating mix of fact, fiction and the human spirit.Iron, the main character, is an admirable woman, being motivated by self-acceptance and love. She is born into slavery as a breeder, although she does not go through the physical torment as the other characters, she does suffer. She is a lesbian and above all a giver. The slave dialect in the book, is what makes it so believable. The story takes you through her struggle to freedom. Along the way, you experience, birth, death, multiple personality disorder, relationships, the underground railroad and drug addition. A must read! I eagerly await part 2 (especially Iron and Chloe's reunion).

A must read

The story is about the trials and tribulations of a lesbian slave woman in the 1800's. Though it is not a lesbians story the protaganist is as much as a lesbian as any slave was allowed to be true to theirselves. Anyone that is interested in history, the Underground railroad, finding and losing love, drug addiction, the Civil War, multilple personality disorder plus the evolution of a sexually deviant mind will enjoy this book immensely. It is also one of the rawest and brutal looks at the American slavery experience ever writtten but manages to give off hope and inspiration sending the message that there is nothing that cannot be overcome.