Incidents In The Life of a Girl: The Unattainable Mulatto

Charlotte Press 2014 Revisionist Writer of the year and a 2014 Underground Book Reviews Pitch Perfect Pick. Revised from Harriet Jacobs’ original 1861 book, 'Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl', Tanksley creates a substantially differing tale. The demons of the past of a plantation husband and wife threaten the future, dignity, and virginity of one young mulatto slave. Constantly begged for her submission by a master "who asks for what he could take", Linda Jacobs is forced to battle wits with her master and his jealous wife. She desperately leaps further down the rabbit hole of her awakening womanhood. One might assume that 50 Shades of Grey has submitted to 12-Years a Slave in this novel about faith, family, and the incidents of a young girl finding herself while seeking freedom. Filled with captivating characters and text, this book is not the tale your mother read..