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Mother Swamp

A Point in Time collection

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Mother Swamp

By: Jesmyn Ward
Narrated by: Kimberly Woods
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A fever dream of the past that ripples outward to the modern world, this powerful short story by two-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward draws inspiration from the hidden communities built by people escaping slavery.

Afice is the last of nine generations of women who have survived enslavement, sickness, and hunger. Alone at age seventeen, she sets out through the Louisiana swamps to follow the trail of her ancestors and hear their songs anew. On this journey, Afice must decide how to honor her ancestors while embracing her own future.

Jesmyn Ward’s Mother Swamp is part of A Point in Time, a transporting collection of stories about the pivotal moments, past and present, that change lives. Read or listen to each immersive story in a single sitting.

©2022 Jesmyn Ward. (P)2022 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.
African American Historical Fiction
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A gorgeous short story
Truly poetry
Black female empowerment
Would be amazing for teachers of Social Studies to use in MS/HS units on slavery

Utopian Poetry

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This is my first audio book and let me talk you…”I LOVED IT!!” Her story is steeped so rich I wanted more! It is not that Ms. Jesmyn Ward left it ambiguous…just the opposite. Her research was so thorough on the subject that I didn’t want the story to end. I was listening to a story as if i was nestled around a fire in the swamp too😊

Choices

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I am really like this audio book. nice content. excellent narration in this content.
Fantastic story

Great!

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I liked the strength of the women in Mother Swamp. I like the fact that it reiterates that strong and independent women also love.

Interesting!

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This was an interesting take of the strength of woman. Much was assumed, in the separate lives of men and women slaves. The main character, Afice, carries with her the generations of women before her as she travels through the Louisiana swamps.

Story of strength

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I thoroughly enjoyed this story. This was writing at its finest. No wonder this gifted author has won the awards she has. The narrator, Kimberly Woods was the icing on the top. I plan to search for more of her narrations. What a job well-done by both of these ladies.

A fine well-written story

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The afterword was very good. For me, the story was not so good, choppy and uninvolving.

Better Afterword Than Story

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If you are new to audio books, this is a great place to start. It’s sort but really interesting.

Great story

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This is a good story but the audio performer is not the right one for this work.

Mother Swamp

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It started out interesting then Abruptly ended like why did you start and less then an hour it ended. Wasting my credit

It started interesting then abruptly ended ?

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