An unkindness of ghosts
Aster has little to offer folks in the way of rebuttal when they call her ogre and freak. She's used to the names; she only wishes there was more truth to them. If she were truly a monster, she'd be powerful enough to tear down the walls around her until nothing remains of her world. Aster lives in the lowdeck slums of the HSS Matilda, a space vessel organized much like the antebellum South. For generations, Matilda has ferried the last of humanity to a mythical Promised Land. On its way, the s…
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- Full title :An unkindness of ghosts / Rivers Solomon.
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Aster has little to offer folks in the way of rebuttal when they call her ogre and freak. She's used to the names; she only wishes there was more truth to them. If she were truly a monster, she'd be powerful enough to tear down the walls around her until nothing remains of her world. Aster lives in the lowdeck slums of the HSS Matilda, a space vessel organized much like the antebellum South. For generations, Matilda has ferried the last of humanity to a mythical Promised Land. On its way, the ship's leaders have imposed harsh moral restrictions and deep indignities on dark-skinned sharecroppers like Aster. Embroiled in a grudge with a brutal overseer, Aster learns there may be a way to improve her lot--if she's willing to sow the seeds of civil war.
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- Publication Date:©2017
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Akashic Books
- Place of Publication:Brooklyn, New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2017
The Physical Object
- Description:281 pages ; : 24 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781617759246, 1617759244, 9781617755880, 1617755885
- oclc:on1175915570
- LC Classification:PS3619.O43724
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