A mysterious parcel propels a young Scottish widow on a perilous quest to the far side of the world. Catherine MacDonald is astonished to receive from her twin brother--who had reportedly drowned a year earlier, in the monsoon floods of 1821--a ka...
Why would a runaway Virginia slave -- having built a rewarding life in the East Indies as a silk merchant -- risk everything by returning to America in 1840, eighteen years after taking her freedom? Anibaddh Lyngdoh claims that she intends to intr...
What is your name? Where did you come from? And where are you going? In this immersive novel set in 1840s Britain and France, these questions probe at the essence of what it means to be human. A wet nurse in a lively Scottish household goes by an ...