| #683682 in Books | 2010-07-06 | 2010-07-06 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.22 x.88 x5.47l,.75 | File type: PDF | 432 pages||3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.| Humane Is Bigger Than Color|By Jim Duggins, Ph.D.|Eileen Clymer Schwab's fascinating novel, "Promise Bridge," reaches across cultures and races to show us that feelings both good and evil are not so much bound to the identity of others as to ways of acceptance. In this startling book, Hannah Blessing, a child of "outsider" parents within a traditional southern slaveholding fami|From Publishers Weekly|Schwab's promising debut puts an uncommon spin on a runaway slave story. Hannah Blessing has had a privileged upbringing at Hillcrest, her aunt's Virginia plantation where slavery has been a fact of life she never gave much thought to--unt
A powerful debut novel of friendship, love, and family set in the segregated pre-Civil War South.
"This is a promise bridge, and it bridges a promise flowing from your heart to mine. It can't never be broken...the promise is part of you now, understand."
Thus begins an unlikely friendship between Hannelore Blessing, a plantation mistress, and a slave girl named Livie. As the young women are launched on a harrowing journey of awakening fi...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Promise Bridge | Eileen Clymer Schwab. I was recommended this book by a dear friend of mine.
