At the Full and Change of the Moon: A Novel

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<p>From acclaimed and award-winning poet and novelist Dionne Brand comes <em>At the Full and Change of the Moon</em>， a saga of magnificent scope， spanning six generations of Africans in the Americas and beyond. <br />

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<p>In 1824 on the island of Trinidad， Marie-Ursule， queen of a secret society of militant slaves called the Sans Peur Regiment， plots a mass suicide - a quietly brazen act of revolt. The end of the Sans Peur is also the beginning of a new world， for Marie-Ursule cannot kill her young daughter， Bola - who escapes to live free and bear a dynasty of descendants who spill out across the Caribbean， North America， and Europe. Haunted by a legacy of passion and oppression， the children of Bola pass through two world wars and into the</p>