Best Book!! Someone Knows My Name

"Someone Knows My Name" by Lawrence Hill

Goodreads summary
Abducted from Africa as a child and enslaved in South Carolina, Aminata Diallo thinks only of freedom―and of the knowledge she needs to get home. Sold to an indigo trader who recognizes her intelligence, Aminata is torn from her husband and child and thrown into the chaos of the Revolutionary War. In Manhattan, Aminata helps pen the Book of Negroes, a list of blacks rewarded for service to the king with safe passage to Nova Scotia. There Aminata finds a life of hardship and stinging prejudice. When the British abolitionists come looking for "adventurers" to create a new colony in Sierra Leone, Aminata assists in moving 1,200 Nova Scotians to Africa and aiding the abolitionist cause by revealing the realities of slavery to the British public. This captivating story of one woman's remarkable experience spans six decades and three continents and brings to life a crucial chapter in world history.

 

My Review:
I'm always so amazed with historical novels! An author's ability to intertwine inspirational characters with truly horrific historical events is simply impressive! This is one of those novels. I LOVED this book. I would say it is now the best book that I have read this year...and I read a lot of books. It is always so heart wrenching when I think about how awful we humans are to each other. But despite  all that Aminata goes through, she finds a way to stay strong. She finds home wherever she goes even though she longs for her first home in Africa. Such a good book!