Wench: A Novel

Wench: A Novel is the 2010 debut novel of author Dolen Perkins-Valdez.

Perkins-Valdez was inspired to write the novel after reading an autobiography of W.E.B. Dubois. The book mentioned in passing that the land for Wilberforce University had once been used for a privately owned resort called Tawawa House, where white slave owners would bring the black slaves they kept as mistresses.[1]

Plot

Lizzie, a young black slave woman in the 1850s is taken during the summer to Tawawa House in Ohio where she and her master are able to cohabitate as if they are partners.

Reception

Wench earned positive reviews and was a New York Times Bestseller.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ O'Neal Parker, Lonnae. "A tender spot in master-slave relations". Washington Post. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  2. ↑ Nelson, Samantha. "Dolen Perkins-Valdez: Wench". Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  3. ↑ "Best Sellers". Retrieved 6 June 2015.
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