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  • We Are Bone and Earth

  • A Point in Time collection
  • By: Esi Edugyan
  • Narrated by: Liz Femi
  • Length: 1 hr and 10 mins

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We Are Bone and Earth

By: Esi Edugyan
Narrated by: Liz Femi
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Publisher's Summary

In this moving short tale of one girl’s search for her lost brother, award-winning author Esi Edugyan offers a vivid, unique perspective on a lesser-known corner of the West African slave trade.

At a fort in Cabo Vermelho in 1779, Sisi, a West African girl with a gift for languages, works as a translator for her English enslavers. She was separated from her younger brother after they were kidnapped from their village by the ahosi, fierce female warriors who serve a neighboring king—and her guilt over her failure to protect him has never left her. When unexpected news reaches the fort, Sisi must find her voice, for her brother’s sake and for her own.

Esi Edugyan’s We Are Bone and Earth is part of A Point in Time, a transporting collection of stories about the pivotal moments, past and present, that change lives. Read or listen to each immersive story in a single sitting.

©2022 Esi Edugyan. (P)2022 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

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