
Book
So Far Back
A Novel
Pam Durban
Picador · Print & ebook · October 5, 2001
Reading lane: Literary Fiction
Louisa Hilliard, the last descendant of one of Charleston's oldest families, finds her quiet life turned upside down when she comes upon the diary of one of her ancestors, which recounts the story of Diana, a 19th Century slave who worked for the Hilliards.
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Book Details
- Authors
- Pam Durban
- Publisher
- Picador
- Published
- October 5, 2001
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Literary Fiction
- Reading lane
- Literary Fiction
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Literary Fiction
About This Book
Louisa Hilliard, the last descendant of one of Charleston's oldest families, finds her quiet life turned upside down when she comes upon the diary of one of her ancestors, which recounts the story of Diana, a 19th Century slave who worked for the Hilliards. As Louisa learns of Diana's tragic fate, she begins to sense a presence roaming in her house. Attempting to appease this presence and set right age-old wrongs, she discovers how her own life is entangled in her family's h...
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