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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Publisher Weekly Review     More Content       More by this author     Riley, Vanessa.     Subjects     Freedmen -- Fiction.     Women, Black -- History -- Fiction.     Businesswomen -- Fiction.     Businesspeople, Black -- Fiction.     Montserrat -- Fiction.     West Indies -- Fiction.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Riley, Vanessa.       by title:      Island queen : a nov...       by call number:      FICTION RIL     Search the Web     Riley, Vanessa.     Freedmen -- Fiction.     Women, Black -- History -- Fiction.     Businesswomen -- Fiction.     Businesspeople, Black -- Fiction.     Montserrat -- Fiction.     West Indies -- Fiction.       MARC Display

Island queen : a novel / Vanessa Riley. by Riley, Vanessa. William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2021. Call #: FICTION RIL Subjects Freedmen -- Fiction.   Women, Black -- History -- Fiction.   Businesswomen -- Fiction.   Businesspeople, Black -- Fiction.   Montserrat -- Fiction.   West Indies -- Fiction. ISBN:  9780063002845 (hc.) Edition:  1st ed. Description:  575 p. : map ; 24 cm Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (p. 573-575). Summary:  "A former slave rises above the harsh realities of being owned and colonialism on Montserrat working hard to buy freedom for herself, her mother, and her sister and becoming an entrepreneur, merchant, hotelier, and planter. Based on the true life story of Dorothy Kirwan Thomas"--Publisher. Born into slavery on the tiny Caribbean island of Montserrat, Dorothy bought her freedom, and that of her sister and her mother, from her Irish planter father. Rising above the harsh realities of slavery and colonialism, she built a legacy of wealth and power as an entrepreneur, merchant, hotelier, and planter. Leveraging the competing attentions of the men in her life, Doll answered to no one but herself as she rose to rose to power and autonomy against all odds. -- adapted from jacket Genre:  Biographical fiction. Historical fiction. Black fiction. Holds:  1   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Woodlawn Public Library Adult Black Fiction FICTION RIL Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Black Fiction FICTION RIL Adult books Adult Display 1 Add Copy to MyList Cole Harbour Public Library Adult Black Fiction FICTION RIL Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Musquodoboit Harbour Public Library Adult Black Fiction FICTION RIL Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Halifax North Memorial Public Library Adult Black Fiction FICTION RIL Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Tantallon Public Library Adult Black Fiction FICTION RIL Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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