![]() Even though we do not have slavery anymore, this book is still incredibly relevant. The emotional depth in the writing hits your soul. “There was no peace in slavery, for everyday under the rule of another is a day of war…” The Water Dancer This book reimagines The Underground Railroad with magical realism. I read Colson Whitehead’s The Underground Railroad where his story made the Underground Railroad a literal engine in tunnels beneath the earth. I have Between the World and Me on my TBR. This is my first book by Ta-Nehisi Coates. ![]() ![]() Hiram is determined to save his loved ones who he left behind. The Underground Railroad uses the same power of conduction to see people to safety. After this power reveals itself, he decides it is time to flee and comes across the Underground Railroad. His half brother drowns but Hiram is saved by the power of conduction. One day while going over a bridge, their carriage crashed. He has a photographic memory but cannot remember his mother. His father is the white plantation owner and he is assigned to watch over his white half brother. He is raised in Lockless, which is a tobacco plantation in Virginia. His mother was sold and separated from him. The Water Dancer introduces Hiram, he was born into slavery. When all the bookstores were sold out of The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates, I was overjoyed when Libby had an available copy of the audiobook, narrated by Joe Morton. ![]()
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