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Inventing victoria by tonya bolden6/20/2023 Though she vows to say goodbye to her past, Victoria finds it’s easier said than done. When presented with the chance to start over, Essie becomes Victoria and moves to Baltimore to learn how to become a society lady, eventually ending up living the good life in Washington, D.C. In her follow-up to Crossing Ebenezer Creek (2017), Bolden explores what happened to those who survived that journey, through the character of Essie, a young black woman in 1880s Savannah, Georgia. Potentially Sensitive Areas: Racial taunts, Discrimination But when the life she desires is finally within her grasp, Victoria must decide how much of herself she is truly willing to surrender. Transformed by a fine wardrobe, a classic education, and the rules of etiquette, Victoria is soon welcomed in the upper echelons of black society in Washington, D. When Dorcas makes Essie an offer she can’t refuse, she becomes Victoria. Until she meets a lady named Dorcas Vashon, the richest and most cultured black woman she’s ever encountered. Ashamed of her beginnings, but unwilling to accept the path currently available to her, Essie is trapped between the life she has and the life she wants. In a searing historical novel, Tonya Bolden illuminates post-Reconstruction America in an intimate portrait of a determined young woman who dares to seize the opportunity of a lifetime.Īs a young black woman in 1880s Savannah, Essie’s dreams are very much at odds with her reality.
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