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Someone Knows My Name: A Novel by Lawrence Hill; Overdrive Inc is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
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Winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize. "Wonderfully written...populated by vivid characters and rendered in fascinating detail."—Nancy Kline, New York Times Book Review Kidnapped from Africa as a child, Aminata Diallo is enslaved in South Carolina but escapes during the chaos of the Revolutionary War. In Manhattan she becomes a scribe for the British, recording the names of blacks who have served the King and earned their freedom in Nova Scotia. But the hardship and prejudice of the new colony prompt her to follow her heart back to Africa, then on to London, where she bears witness to the injustices of slavery and its toll on her life and a whole people. It is a story that no listener, and no reader, will ever forget. Reading group guide included.
Who reads Someone Knows My Name: A Novel?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Lawrence Hill; Overdrive Inc
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
- Published
- 2007
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780393067149
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, History, Historical Fiction, Biography
- Rating
- 4.44 / 5 (73 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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