![]() ![]() Indeed Octavia thought this through and shows us all the emotional complications as well as the physical and historical. Dana and her husband Kevin are both ordinary 1970s people, something that makes the story all the more credible and easy for us to empathise with, especially once the full connotations hit. As soon as we start reading we're in there, marvelling at Dana's new unwanted ability and learning about the characters as we go. However, Kindred stands out from her back catalogue, there being no science in it (as Octavia herself pointed out). In fact its knowledge that could make matters worse.Īmerican writer Octavia Estelle Butler (1947 – 2006) is best known for her superlative science fiction novels such as the Lilith's Blood trilogy. ![]() ![]() She knows her time travel is somehow linked to plantation owner's son Rufus but that doesn't help. However one day everything changes: Dana starts to feel faint, the edges of her modern life blur and she's back in the era that can take more than her liberty. For Dana that's just history as she lives over a century away with her husband in their new LA apartment. Life is a nightmare for black women (and indeed men) back in the southern USA in 1815. ![]() Summary: A 1970s African American woman time-slips back to 19th century Maryland in this riveting read by an acclaimed author. ![]()
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