The Last Runaway by Tracy Chevalier

When modest Quaker Honor Bright sails from Bristol with her sister, she is fleeing heartache for a new life in America, far from home. But tragedy leaves her alone and vulnerable, torn between two worlds and dependent on the kindness of strangers. Life in 1850s Ohio is precarious and unsentimental. The sun is too hot, the thunderstorms too violent, the snow too deep. The roads are spattered with mud and spit. The woods are home to skunks and porcupines and raccoons. They also shelter slaves escaping north to freedom. Should Honor hide runaways from the ruthless men who hunt them down? The Quaker community she has joined may oppose slavery in principle, but does it have the courage to help her defy the law?. This 2013 Harper Collins Hardback is in very good condition. DJ.

ISBN: 9780007350346 SKU: 1574987 Note: Any image shown is from a stock photo and is not the actual book.

SKU: 1574987
Location: Fiction