Sci-Fi & Speculative
by Octavia E. Butler
On her 26th birthday, Dana is violently pulled from 1976 California to a Maryland plantation in 1815, where she must keep alive a white boy who will become her ancestor—and her ancestor's rapist. Each journey into the past grows more harrowing as Dana confronts the visceral horrors of slavery while fighting for her own survival and existence. Butler's groundbreaking novel is a searing examination of history, trauma, and complicity.
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