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Enjoy Once in a Blood Moon: A story about love, betrayal and redemption that reframes American history from Dorothea Hubble Bonneau

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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/568678 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Once in a Blood Moon: A story about love, betrayal and redemption that reframes American history Author: Dorothea Hubble Bonneau Narrator: Trei Taylor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 50 minutes Release date: December 27, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Non-fiction Publisher's Summary: According to the Kirkus Review: 'Once in a Blood Moon elegantly articulates a young woman's precarious position between white and black society. Overall, this novel explores issues of equality and personal freedom in thought-provoking ways.' Once in a Blood Moon: a-can't-put-it-down-page-turner about love, betrayal and redemption. Sixteen-year-old Alexandra Degambia is the daughter of a wealthy African American planter and a social climbing mother who can pass for white. Balancing on the tightrope between girlhood and the complicated adult world is a treacherous undertaking. One misstep could ruin a young woman’s prospects forever. Alexandra yearns to establish her own place in the world as an accomplished violinist. She assumes her talent and her family’s wealth will pave the way to her success. Her life becomes a nightmare when her mother dies and her father is murdered by prejudiced officials eager to seize the plantation. When Alexandra becomes the heiress of Heaven Hill plantation, she has a target on her back. Powerful people want to seize the plantation for their own. Alexandra flees to save her life. 2020 Best Books Award Winner for African American Fiction; 2020 American Fiction Award Winner; New York Book Festival, Honorable Mention for Fiction; 2021 Los Angeles Book Festival, Honorable Mention for Fiction, Five-Star Reader’s Choice selection; 2020 Chanticleer Goethe Award, First Place for Historical Fiction after 1740.

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