num_pages: 358
description: WINNER OF THE 2003 PEN OAKLAND JOSEPHINE MILES AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING WRITING AND THE BLACK CAUCUS OF THE ALA LITERARY AWARDFrederick Douglass, the great African-American abolitionist, was a man who cherished freedom in life and in love. In this ambitious work of historical fiction, Douglass' passions come vividly to life in the form of two Anna Murray Douglass and Ottilie Assing.Douglass' Women is an imaginative rendering of these two women -- one black, the other white -- in Douglass' life. Anna, his wife, was a free woman of color who helped Douglass escape as a slave. She bore Douglass five children and provided him with a secure, loving home while he traveled the world with his message. Along the way, Douglass satisfied his intellectual needs in the company of Ottilie Assing, a white woman of German-Jewish descent, who would become his mistress for decades to come. How these two women find solidarity in their shared love for Douglass -- and his vision for a free America -- is at the heart of Jewell Parker Rhodes' extraordinary, epic novel.
language: English
title: Douglass' Women
titlecomplete: Douglass' Women
characters: Frederick Douglass
genres: Fiction, Historical, American, Book Club, Adult, Adult Fiction, Historical Fiction, African American
ratings_count: 616
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: American Book Award, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Hurston/Wright Legacy Award
category: Fiction
publisher: Washington Square Press