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Yellow Wife
Yellow Wife: A Novel | Sadeqa Johnson
Wholly engrossing, exquisitely researched, and so timely. Sadeqa Johnson brings a fresh telling to a story we think we already know, making it beautifully relatable and human. Riveting and suspenseful, I highly recommend this novel. Kathleen Grissom New York Times Bestselling author of The Kitchen House This harrowing story follows an enslaved woman forced to barter love and freedom while living in the most infamous slave jail in Virginia. Born on a plantation in Charles City Virginia, Pheby Delores Brown has lived a privileged life. Shielded by her mothers position as the plantations medicine woman, and cherished by the Masters sister, she is set apart from the others on the plantation, belonging to neither world. Freedom on her eighteenth birthday has been promised to her, but instead of the idyllic life she imagined with her true love, Essex Henry, Pheby is forced to leave the only home she has ever known and unexpectedly finds herself thrust into the bowels of slavery at the infamous Devils Half-Acre, a jail where the enslaved are broken, tortured, and sold every day in Richmond, Virginia. There Pheby is exposed not just to her Jailors cruelty but also to his contradictions. To survive Pheby will have to outwit him but soon faces the ultimate sacrifice.
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Valhalla
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
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I‘m so ready for sweater weather 🤎🍁🧡

Anyone read this one?!

TheBookHippie Yes. I enjoyed it! And 7mo
BarkingMadRead Loved this! 7mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @TheBookHippie I‘m on the lookout for that one! 🩷 7mo
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Eggs No but it sounds lovely💕 7mo
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Kboltz
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Historically based on a slave trading jail in Richmond, Pheby Delores Brown is sold to the white jailer and becomes his yellow mistress. What a story. History teaches and needs to be remembered so it never happens again.

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KateReadsYA
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“A grateful heart served as a magnet for miracles.”
There is so much to unpack in this book, it was so heartbreaking to read everything everyone went through. Make sure to check for trigger warnings. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 I loved the authors writing style.

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KateReadsYA
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Started this one today! I've read 1 chapter, and I think it's gonna be a fantastic book already.

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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
Two phenomenal heart-wrenching, emotional, page-turning books that I read back to back and would recommend everyone read! Easily my top reads for 2023!!

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I liked that this was fiction ,but based on a real woman who lived on the Devil‘s Half Acre. Good audio too. Needed something different from all these #ToB books I‘ve been reading. 😃

Bren912 Gosh @RebelReader I should have known you‘ve already read this!! I just picked it up from my library! 12mo
RebelReader I just read it last month so I guess we‘re in sync. 🤣 12mo
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Jess861
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Another historical fiction book that is so hard to read and digest but also so important. The story of a young slave girl in the South who must adapt to becoming a yellow wife while she does everything to protect her loved ones. The writing and the story wouldn't allow you to put the book down and it is extremely well researched. You can't help but connect with the characters. I can't fathom how humans are able to treat other humans in such a way.

Librarybelle This is on my to read list! 1y
Jess861 @Librarybelle Such a good book but definitely have to be prepared for the content. Multiple really hard parts in this one! 1y
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Jess861
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Wow - thank you so much for such a thoughtful #JolabokaflodSwap ! It means the world to me that you went out of your way to find some nut free chocolate - and you can bet I'll be using the business card to order from the shop! Also - chocolate pretzels 😍!! I can't thank you enough @CuriousG - you've been more than kind with your package! I can't wait to dive into this book!

And thank you for organizing @MaleficentBookDragon 🙂

CuriousG I may have also got myself a bag of pretzels to test them out...so good! I know how tough allergies can make things so wanted to be sure you could actually enjoy what I sent. Happy reading! 1y
Jess861 @CuriousG I'm going to munch on the pretzels while we wrap the kiddos presents when they're asleep! 1y
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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kellyann28
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It's been awhile since I did a #BookSpinBingo but I feel like getting back in the swing of it for July! Well see how I do. Currently reading Yellow Wife and The Paris Apartment

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kellyann28
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Cutting it close, I was not read for a new month! 😂 here is my #BookSpin list for July! @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 2y
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Kempfme
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This is an amazing look into prior civil war in the South. How races crossed yet were still treated poorly. I really enjoyed the attention to detail and character development. I would definitely recommend this read.

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This was such an incredible book. Pheby is promised her freedom on her 18th birthday. She‘s forced to leave the sheltered life she‘d been living and sent to the infamous Devils Half Acre. But Pheby is smart and she‘ll do what she must to survive. So powerful and at times a whole lot uncomfortable to realize just how brutal life was for the enslaved. Truly a book we should all read. #bookspin #mayreadinglist. @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 2y
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Evita
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4.5 out of 5. A well written page turner! Some detailed harrowing scenes so check triggers before embarking on this reading journey.

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This was a great book if I do say so myself. Listening to the story and the narrator doing such a great job. I loved it, very well written and a book I would recommend.

nichollinlove I really liked the Author's Note as well. There was a lot of real history intertwined with the fiction. I learned a lot about a margin of women I didn't know existed prior to this book. 2y
bookaholic1 @nichollinlove yes, I totally agree 2y
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RenePenn
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This historical fiction was inspired by true events and people. Parts of it was really hard to read/listen to because of the violence and inhumanity, but it was well written and worth the read.

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I couldn't put this one down. As I tried to put myself in Pheby's shoes several times throughout, I knew I would never be able to come close to understanding that level of hell. My favorite stories combine truth and fiction and according to the Author's Note, this story has blended the two into delicate terror perfectly. I really appreciate the finality to the story in the epilogue that ties into real history.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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“The amount of mint to mix with cow manure to make tea fur consumption.”
I can‘t even begin to imagine…This book is soul stirring and will sit with me.
Excerpt From: Johnson, Sadeqa. “A Novel.” Simon & Schuster, 2021-01-12. Apple Books.
This material may be protected by copyright.

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Gissy
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Inspired by a true event, the author will recreate a story of how would be the life of Mary Lumpkin, a mixed race woman, who had 5 children with Robert Lumpkin, known for his cruelty during his period in that jail between 1844 to 1865. The author provides references of these events and explains what motivated her to write this story. So sad and I know it was worse in the real time. Love the story and the writing style. 4⭐️

Gissy Love the gifts because they were so related with the characters. I love that cover😍You will identify with Pheby 💛

February 2022 #BookSpinBingo @TheAromaOfBooks

#FabulousFebruary #Readathon @Andrew65

#BlackHistoryMonth

#2022ReadingGoals read book from old tbr
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TheAromaofBooks Great progress!!! 2y
Andrew65 Great 👏👏👏 2y
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SanjanaGhosh
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The story follows the story of a young woman who would go across any lengths to keep her children safe in the age of slavery

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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Yellow Woman grabbed me from page 1 and didn't let go. A beautifully written and heartbreaking novel about American slavery. I shall never forget Pheby Delores Brown.

Book #1 2022 / Virginia

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Eggs Beautiful 💛💛 2y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Gorgeous 💛📚 👗 2y
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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I love how Sadeqa Johnson read a sign on a historical marker on a nature trail and looked the couple up, then imagined this story based on that imagined life. How horrible to be a slave, and know your children‘s fates depended on preparing other slaves for the market. Pheby‘s story was rich and compelling. This historical novel shows a different view of plantation and slave life that‘s very detailed. Hard to read in places, but informative.

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DarkMina
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#86 of 2021. #juneholidayreads 6/20 #littenlisten #historicalfiction
Pheby was born to parents who were a slave and her master. She was treated a little bit better growing up due to this fact. After tragedy occurs, she is sent away from the plantation she grew up on and finds herself a common law wife. This is the story of what she endures to protect those she loves and hopefully be reunited with loved ones. This book was excellent. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

aperfectmjk I'm going to have to check this one out. Glad you liked it! 3y
Tera66 I've heard this is heartbreaking.💛 3y
DarkMina @Tera66 it is! 3y
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DarkMina
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#curiouscovers #yellow

My next audiobook for #littenlisten .

FelinesAndFelonies I really liked this one! I hope you enjoy it! 3y
DarkMina @FelinesAndFelonies Good to know. Hopefully I will. Thanks! 3y
Eggs Beautiful 🧡📒🌼💛 3y
aperfectmjk Hey @DarkMina, this also fits the prompt for Juneteenth on the June Holiday Reads Challenge. You would get another 10 points when you finish it.

Here's a link to the other prompts if you need them. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jlCcPX1xnC77QYxR7MCxFISiHHtD5MqWkDS7phby...
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DarkMina @aperfectmjk Good point. Thanks! 3y
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amsu311
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It was a difficult to finish this. Not sure whether to feel pity or angry.

#GoodReads2021Challenge

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FelinesAndFelonies
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Yellow Wife is set in pre-Civil War Virginia. Pheby is the daughter of a slave but has been promised freedom on her 18th birthday. As a result of a series of tragedies, Pheby finds herself witnessing evil in the form of her common law husband. Brutality is on full display. Racism, hate, culture, & colorism are revealed through Pheby's emotional tale. Truly one of the most incredible books I've read. Entirely worthy of ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐. Add it to your TBR.

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jploves2read
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So I finally finished this book. It was a tough read to be honest and TBH 1 I don‘t normally read/enjoy historical fiction 2. I don‘t enjoy historical fiction set in slavery times. Despite this not being my normal genre I did enjoy this book. I could tell it was based on a true story and it was well written. The pacing at times was a bit off for me but overall it was good. Thankfully my cousins loves this genre and I will pass the book on to her.

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FelinesAndFelonies
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I'm halfway through and simply LOVING this book. 💛

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Samary
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Lots of action in this book about a slave wife to a slave jailer. I could only listen to it in batches. It was hard to listen to for too long. I really like how the author came to the story and what she did with it.

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Samary
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So good, be aware of triggers though! The only real problem I had was it felt too short! I want more. Not a bad problem to have 😁 I also recommend reading the author‘s notes at the end, she talks about her inspiration and research for the book.

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Samary
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A little outdoor reading today! Dogs playing in the yard while my heart gets ripped out of my chest. #readerlife

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This was a real disappointment. The writing was graceful but this book lacked weight. After reading The Prophets (5 🌟) this was a let down. I would like to read some of this authors other work, but this was a miss for me. 2.5 🌟

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Cathyloves2read
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This is why I love belonging to book clubs! I don‘t know if I would have wandered upon this gem if it hadn‘t been recommended.This is a story of a brave woman who made many important and decisions in order for her children to survive.The travesties that the slaves endured were difficult to read about.The author did a wonderful job of describing this horribly difficult time.Thank you again to the Sharon Virts Bookclub for this months selection.

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Cathyloves2read
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The opening quote in Yellow Wife. It sure got me thinking...

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Beatlefan129
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This quote is in the introduction to the tagged book. Very powerful

Crazeedi ❤ Wilberforce 3y
Cathythoughts Brilliant quote ! Book sounds good 👍🏻 stacked 3y
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Heartbreaking, powerful and a bluntly written novel. It made me gasp at times and I felt the pain of the main character. One of the best novels I‘ve ever read.

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Blh87
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I finished this a few days ago on a work trip. It was such a good book...it hurt my heart, but so very good.

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LiteraryGuru1
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This is my current read. It‘s a page turner so far.

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Blh87
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Moving on to this book that I got from Once Upon a Bookclub!

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whatkhrysreads
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Great story, very well written.