August 2017 Host:  Nancy

The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

Summary

The Underground Railroad is a fictionalized account of slavery using a literal railroad.  The heroine in this novel escapes the cruelty of a plantation owner only to find that was a temporary reprieve.  She continues to endure brutal violence and cruelty on her journeys but when she does get a temporary break, she must yet endure psychological and emotional horrors. Some of the graphic language used to describe the horrific torture the slaves endured made this book difficult for some to read, yet the excitement of the heroine’s escapes and resolve and fortitude of the black characters kept me reading until the very end. This is an easy, quick, and at times unsettling read.

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