"When Adebimpe is ten, she is sold with her mother, Sanite, to plantation owner John du Marche. He soon renames her Ady but Sanite never lets her daughter forget who she really is - a person who can read and write and understand numbers. Most importantly, Sanite reminds Ady that she must never reveal these abilities to a white person, especially not her true name. Tasked with maintaining du Marche's home in vibrant New Orleans, Ady takes in the city...

"The American Queen is based on actual events that occurred between 1865-1889 and shares the unsung history of a Black woman who built a kingdom as a refuge for the courageous people who dared to dream of a different way of life."-- "Over the twenty-four years she was enslaved on the Montgomery Plantation, Louella learned to feel one thing: hate. Hate for the man who sold her mother. Hate for the overseer who left her daddy to hang from a noose....

En esta serie de cl̀sicos reversionados, diferentes autores reinterpretan obras cl̀sicas a trav̌s de su propio prisma cultural para cambiar los c̀nones cl̀sicos en cuanto a ǧnero, raza y orientaci̤n sexual. Esta poderosa versi̤n de Mujercitas sigue la vida de cuatro j̤venes hermanas de raza negra que alcanzar̀n la mayor̕a de edad durante la Guerra de Secesi̤n, reformulando una historia muy querida fuera de su perspectiva original. Carolina...