02692cam a2200337 4500 759959950 TxAuBib 20221130120000.0 211207s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2021054914 9780063073548 hbk. $27.99 0063073544 hbk. $27.99 (OCoLC)1273913301 DLC eng rda DLC OCLCF OCLCO RNL JAS FBP YU6 TXSCH VP@ CHY UKMGB NMP YDX ILC TxGR TxAuBib Riley, Vanessa, author. Sister mother warrior [Book] : a novel / Vanessa Riley. First edition. New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2022] 470 pages : maps ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (pages [465]-470). "Queen of diverse historicals Vanessa Riley brings readers a vivid, sweeping novel of the Haitian Revolution based on the true-life stories of two extraordinary women: the first Empress of Haiti, Marie-Claire Bonheur, and Gran Toya, a West African-born warrior who helped lead the rebellion that drove out the French and freed the enslaved people of Haiti"-- Provided by publisher. In West Africa, Abdaraya Toya was one of the legendary minos-- women called "Dahomeyan Amazons" by the Europeans. She was a specially chosen female warrior consecrated to the King of Dahomey. Betrayed by an enemy, kidnapped, and sold into slavery, Toya wound up in the French colony of Saint Domingue, where she became a healer and an authority figure among the enslaved. A free woman of color, Marie-Claire Bonheur was raised in an air of privilege and security because of her wealthy white grandfather. Falling in love with Jean-Jacques Dessalines, an enslaved man, was never the plan. Despite a marriage of convenience to a Frenchman, she and Dessalines had several children. When war breaks out on Saint Domingue, pitting the French, Spanish, and enslaved people against one another in turn, Marie-Claire and Toya both play pivotal roles in the revolution that will eventually lead to full independence for Haiti and its people. -- adapted from jacket. 20221130. Marie-Claire Heureuse Félicité Bonheur Empress of Haiti 1758-1858 Fiction. Montou, Victoria approximately 1739-1805 Fiction. Women Haiti 19th century Fiction. Slavery Haiti 19th century Fiction. Haiti History Revolution, 1791-1804 Fiction. Historical fiction. RV8