Book someone knows my name

Please be aware that this discussion guide may contain spoilers. Inspired by eighteenthcentury household books of recipes and set at the. I couldnt find it at first and then as i was about to order it from a canadian bookseller, i noticed that the cover was the same as a book here called someone knows my name. Book of negroes my friend in toronto told me i must read this book. In lawrence hills wonderfully written fictional slave narrative, someone knows my name, the protagonist exhibits similar proof on my flesh. The book of negroes based on the novel someone knows my name will be bets first miniseries. Jerry maguire, a few good men, oscar and emmy winner louis gossett jr. The book follows the life of one girl taken from her village when she was 11 years old. Published in canada as the book of negroes and the basis for the awardwinning bet. I read that thousands of african americans fled slavery to serve the british, who promised to liberate them in return for service during the american revolution. Someone knows my name is my attempt to give this fascinating but littleknown story a human face. Reading guide for someone knows my name by lawrence hill.

Would that all historical novelists might do the amount of research lawrence hill has clearly done for someone knows my name. Like to kill a mockingbird, someone knows my name lets readers experience a life, one footstep at a time, beside an unforgettable protagonist. Click download or read online button to get someone knows my name a novel book now. The book of negroes someone knows my name essays are academic essays for citation. So, i looked for the title it goes by in canada, the book of negroes. Someone knows my name by lawrence hill, paperback barnes.

Lawrence hill talks about his new book, someone knows my name at the writers institute of georgia perimeter college. Abducted from africa as a child and enslaved in south carolina. Lawrence hills someone knows my name, published by norton in 2007, is his fourth novel the story focuses on aminata diallo, who was born in west africa in 1745. It is a story that no listener, and no reader, will ever forget. I read that thousands of african americans fled slavery to serve the british, who promised to liberate them in. Turning the pages of hills book is effortless in one sense and very difficult in another. Someone knows my name by lawrence hill, 9780393333091, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Lawrence hill is the author of several novels including someone knows my name, which won the commonwealth writers prize and the rogers writers trust fiction prize and was nominated in the united states for the huston wright legacy award. The slave owner marks the bodies of those he owns, but when the enslaved take possession of words. The story focuses on aminata diallo, who was born in west africa in 1745.

The starstudded production includes lead actress aunjanue ellis ray, the help, oscar winner cuba gooding jr. The book of negroes is a 2007 awardwinning novel from canadian writer lawrence hill. Lawrence hill on someone knows my name years before i began writing someone knows my name, i came across two startling discoveries in a scholarly work. Here, as the american revolution is winding down, she participates in setting down an amazing document, the book of negroes, a list of loyalist blacks rewarded. Glad i dont have to go to work in the morning because i read late into the night for 2 nights to see what happens next. In the united states, australia and new zealand, the novel was published under the title someone knows my name. I loved this book when i first read it in 2011 and really enjoyed rereading listening to this one as a buddy read with a friend. In someone knows my name, as in the slave narratives that inspired it, language is power. In manhattan, aminata helps pen the book of negroes, a list of blacks rewarded for service to the king with safe passage to. Someone knows my name is a compelling and fascinating account of one womans remarkable experiences that spans six decades and three continents as a slave from childhood through to her death.