Winner of the Whitbread First Novel Award, and the David Higham First Novel Award, this novel is set on a Virginian plantation, and tells the tragic story of a fiercely intelligent and rebellious young black slave who breaks all the rules.
Winner of the Whitbread First Novel Award, and the David Higham First Novel Award, this novel is set on a Virginian plantation, and tells the tragic s...
And a little girl who is trying to make sense of it all. Bethany Bettany is five years old when her father dies and her mother leaves her to fend for herself in the Abrahams household. If Boundary is Guyana, then Bethany Bettany - a girl torn between two names - is the spirit of its people poised for flight.
And a little girl who is trying to make sense of it all. Bethany Bettany is five years old when her father dies and her mother leaves her to fend fo...
