256 pages • first pub 1857 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780195052497
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Publication date: 14 April 1988
Description
A far cry from the nineteenth-century slave narrative tradition, this book, written in 1857, is a special kind of success story. With delightful urbanity and wit, Mary Seacole, a free-born Jamaican Creole, recounts her childhood as a daughter of a...
Community Reviews Summary of 214 reviews
Moods
informative 74%
inspiring 37%
reflective 34%
funny 27%
emotional 23%
challenging 11%
lighthearted 11%
sad 9%
hopeful 6%
dark 4%
relaxing 4%
mysterious 2%
tense 2%
Pace
fast 26%
slow 16%
Average rating
Content Warnings
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Graphic
War, Racism, DeathModerate
Slavery, Racial slurs, SexismMinor
Child death256 pages • first pub 1857 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780195052497
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Publication date: 14 April 1988
Description
A far cry from the nineteenth-century slave narrative tradition, this book, written in 1857, is a special kind of success story. With delightful urbanity and wit, Mary Seacole, a free-born Jamaican Creole, recounts her childhood as a daughter of a...
Community Reviews Summary of 214 reviews
Moods
informative 74%
inspiring 37%
reflective 34%
funny 27%
emotional 23%
challenging 11%
lighthearted 11%
sad 9%
hopeful 6%
dark 4%
relaxing 4%
mysterious 2%
tense 2%
Pace
fast 26%
slow 16%
Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
War, Racism, DeathModerate
Slavery, Racial slurs, SexismMinor
Child death