Cassia Johnson, the daughter of a quadroon plantation owner and a black quasi-missus, spends most of her days happily roaming the plantation, searching for adventures with her best friend Sadie, and listening to Mama Quillo tell stories. Cassie thinks nothing can rock her seemingly perfect world. But on her thirteenth birthday, her father breaks a piece of infamous duck bread and passes it to her. Cassie has no idea that it has become her turn to be consecrated into a dark family secret. However, before she can learn a ...
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Cassia Johnson, the daughter of a quadroon plantation owner and a black quasi-missus, spends most of her days happily roaming the plantation, searching for adventures with her best friend Sadie, and listening to Mama Quillo tell stories. Cassie thinks nothing can rock her seemingly perfect world. But on her thirteenth birthday, her father breaks a piece of infamous duck bread and passes it to her. Cassie has no idea that it has become her turn to be consecrated into a dark family secret. However, before she can learn a violent lesson, her sister Grace makes the ultimate sacrifice-and Cassie's perfect life comes crashing down. The sheriff inquires about Cassie's father, who seems to have disappeared into thin air. Meanwhile, Cassie is shipped to Harlem, where she soon meets her so-called Aunt Sweetie, a soulless drunk who spends her days wasting away. With no muses to guide her, the girl who has been diminished to just a letter is now a full-fledged woman with her own rules.In this gripping tale, one woman will not let herself be set adrift like all the women before her-even as sweeping cultural changes swirl around her.
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