A review by erine
When the Slave Esperança Garcia Wrote a Letter by Sonia Rosa

4.0

So short, so beautiful. It's hard to create a meaningful review around a narrative that only slightly enhances the single fact in the story: this woman wrote a letter to the governor protesting her treatment as a slave. We don't know what happened to her or if she ever received a reply, and much of the story itself is educated guesswork. All that being said, however, even the slim facts are fascinating and inspire further thought about what may have happened to this woman, and how incredible and sad her situation would have been.