"I was born a slave but did not know it until the first 6 years of my childhood had passed...
I never dreamed I was a product for sale. I was forgetting that, in the land of my birth, the shadows were too thick for the light to penetrate.
READER the memories fill me with sadness and shame. It pains me to tell you, but I promised to tell you the truth, and I will do it honestly, and let it cost me.”
– excerpt from the book
The true story of Harriet Jacobs that was read by millions of readers around the world and surprised, now also in Greek!
READER, have you ever hated?
READER, be assured that this narrative is not a novel
What would you be like if you were born and raised a slave, with generations of slaves for ancestors?
Theofilos Iatridis -
The author writes in the first person and it is like living this harsh situation. When you realize it's a true story it's just incredible… I recommend it, but it's a book that cuts you…