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The Gilda Stories / Jewelle Gomez; with an afterword by Alexis Pauline Gumbs.

By: Material type: TextTextDescription: 272 pages ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9781784878610
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 813.54 GOM
Summary: Louisiana, 1850. A young girl escapes slavery and is taken in by two mysterious women. Rumoured to be witches, the pair travel only at night, dress in men's clothing and seem to know others' innermost thoughts. But the girl sees the promise of true freedom in their dark glittering eyes: the promise to 'share the blood' and live forever. They name her Gilda.
List(s) this item appears in: M.Ndungu December 2025
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Louisiana, 1850. A young girl escapes slavery and is taken in by two mysterious women. Rumoured to be witches, the pair travel only at night, dress in men's clothing and seem to know others' innermost thoughts. But the girl sees the promise of true freedom in their dark glittering eyes: the promise to 'share the blood' and live forever. They name her Gilda.

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