House of Rougeaux : A Novel (Hardcover)

from Carolee888

Having read about slavery in the Carribean previously, I appreciated how the story followed history so closely. This story starts in the Carribean and stretches to Canada. The author tells by jumping around in time. For the first half of the book, I had trouble keeping the characters straight bec...

from Rascalstar

An unusual book in story and writing style, which is concise without overwhelming detail, and yet, there are nice details. The story moves along quickly, changing narrators in one family and the eras in which they lived. There is some "magic" woven throughout in that some of the family members ha...

from BlueGiraffe

I love a good family saga, and this is an excellent example of a well-written one. It begins with a brother and sister, both slaves in Martinique. The book follows their descendants, generation after generation in the Americas. It does not follow a traditional chronology, which may bother some re...

from Dreesie

Jaeckel's novel looks at the Rougeaux family--a French-Canadian-Afro-Caribbean family. With roots coming from and the enslaved man Adunbe and his wife Olivie on the island of Martinique, his daughter Ayo is given to a woman on another plantation to raise after the death of his wife not long after...

from rachie615

I received this novel through Librarything early reviewer. The novel starts on Martinque and follows Abeje who was born into slavery. She possesses powers that connect her the island's plant life. She grows into a great healer while also dealing with numerous hardships. What I enjoyed about this ...