The Secrets of Mercy

Fiction & Literature, Historical, Literary
Cover of the book The Secrets of Mercy by Brook Blander, Brook Blander
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Author: Brook Blander ISBN: 9780983298816
Publisher: Brook Blander Publication: December 19, 2013
Imprint: Smashwords Edition Language: English
Author: Brook Blander
ISBN: 9780983298816
Publisher: Brook Blander
Publication: December 19, 2013
Imprint: Smashwords Edition
Language: English

News of emancipation reaches the southern town of Mercy where within its boundaries two women journey to define freedom within their lives. They endure abuse, tend to unrequited love and ache from broken families. Suffering too long, only their dreams, desires and secrets hold them up each day.

Sylvia, the cook and confidant of her former mistress, hungers in silent desperation for a life with her sons who were sold years ago and for her husband who sleeps beside her filled with fury in his fists.

The resounding news marks the lawful end of slavery for Blacks, yet, on a neighboring plantation, they do not scatter and run, they do not gather up their children and move their free limbs in a joyous, gallant departure. Instead, they are trepid not eager, frightened not doughty. The deaths of Blacks brave enough to leave the plantation behind have their legs stiff with fear as they watch their neighbors kick up dust pulling their belongings behind them. There, with sharp eyes and long ears resides First Lady, a black slave and the Master's mistress, who lives in luxury and exploits her position among the other slaves. When the comforts of her life begin to dwindle, frenzied and despondent, she strives to maintain the past.

In Mercy, secrets hide in sluggish water and misfortune roams upright, and without restraint. When freedom rings, each woman finds she is a prisoner grappling for some of it. Within their journeys, they discover the passageway to freedom resides within and always will.

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News of emancipation reaches the southern town of Mercy where within its boundaries two women journey to define freedom within their lives. They endure abuse, tend to unrequited love and ache from broken families. Suffering too long, only their dreams, desires and secrets hold them up each day.

Sylvia, the cook and confidant of her former mistress, hungers in silent desperation for a life with her sons who were sold years ago and for her husband who sleeps beside her filled with fury in his fists.

The resounding news marks the lawful end of slavery for Blacks, yet, on a neighboring plantation, they do not scatter and run, they do not gather up their children and move their free limbs in a joyous, gallant departure. Instead, they are trepid not eager, frightened not doughty. The deaths of Blacks brave enough to leave the plantation behind have their legs stiff with fear as they watch their neighbors kick up dust pulling their belongings behind them. There, with sharp eyes and long ears resides First Lady, a black slave and the Master's mistress, who lives in luxury and exploits her position among the other slaves. When the comforts of her life begin to dwindle, frenzied and despondent, she strives to maintain the past.

In Mercy, secrets hide in sluggish water and misfortune roams upright, and without restraint. When freedom rings, each woman finds she is a prisoner grappling for some of it. Within their journeys, they discover the passageway to freedom resides within and always will.

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