num_pages: 348
description: From National Book Award finalist Susan Straight comes a haunting historical novel about a Louisiana slave girl's perilous journey to freedom.Daughter of an African mother and a white father she never knew, Moinette is a house maid on a plantation south of New Orleans. At fourteen she is sold, separated from her mother without a chance to say goodbye. Bright, imaginative and well aware of everything she risks, Moinette at once begins to prepare for an opportunity to escape. Inspired by a true story, A Million Nightingales portrays Moinette’s experience–and the treacherous world she must navigate–with uncommon richness, intricacy, and drama.
language: English
title: A Million Nightingales
titlecomplete: A Million Nightingales
genres: Historical, African American, Novels, Historical Fiction, Coming Of Age, Literary Fiction, Fiction, Womens
ratings_count: 597
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: Fiction
publisher: Anchor