Loved it. Amazing story

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Ok.. so this book is a little different from what I normally read.
This story is about several different black women. Gaelle, Margot, Abigail, and Winter. It takes you through different periods in time, starting with Gaelle, a woman from present day Haiti that is now living in Cleveland, Ohio. Margot a slave girl in 1857, who in the beginning lives with her Grandmother and sister in Louisiana. Abigail, also a slave, who is forces to leave her home and children of Haiti, with her mistress to Louisiana in 1791. Then Winter, who is a girl saved by Abigail. This story takes you through the past, slaves fleeing, searching for their freedom. The women’s lives are connected.
What can I say about this book. It was incredible. It was beautifully written, the characters were real, and you felt for them. It was heartbreaking as well. The things these women go through and have gone through. The loss, and fear. It was definitely a story that pulls you in, and you don’t want to stop reading. This was a different read for me. Most of the story was set in pre-civil war America. And there are instances of slaves being treated horribly (The easiest way to put it). The characters showed bravery, and courage, and the will to survive. I loved this book. And the story. The author is an amazing storyteller. The one thing about this book I’m lost in is the ending. The way it ends, I just didn’t understand it. The ending was good, I just felt there could have been more. But that’s the only thing, the book is amazing.