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Spalding, Linda. (Author).

Summary: In 1798, Daniel Dickinson, a young Quaker father and widower, leaves his home in Pennsylvania to establish a new life. When Daniel suddenly trades a horse for a young slave, Onesimus, it begins a struggle in his conscience that will taint his life forever and sets in motion a chain of events that leads to two murders and the family's strange relationship with a runaway slave named Bett. Linda Spalding is Michael Ondaatje's partner.

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  • ISBN: 9780771079351 (hc.)
  • ISBN: 9780771079368 (trade pbk.)
  • Physical Description: print
    352 p. ; 22 cm.
  • Publisher: Toronto : McClelland & Stewart ; Emblem, c2012.

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Winner, Governor General's Literary Award, 2012, English Fiction.

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Subject: Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Fiction
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Genre: Canadian fiction.

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  • 2 of 2 copies available at South Central Regional Library.

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Altona Library F Spa (Text) 35864002039442 Adult Fiction Volume hold Available -
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