Hello everyone! I hope you are all doing well and staying healthy (maybe even getting vaccinated!). In today’s post, I am so thrilled to be working with Algonquin Young Readers for the blog tour of LIBERTIE by Kaitlyn Greenidge! LIBERTIE has been has been included in “Best Books” roundups from The New York Times, The Washington Post, Oprahmag.com, Time.com, PopSugar, Book Riot and more! It has received early praise from so many outlets, and I can’t wait to tell you about this wonderful novel. Get your debit cards ready because you’ll want to order this book ASAP!
The critically acclaimed and Whiting Award–winning author of We Love You, Charlie Freeman returns with an unforgettable story about the meaning of freedom.
Coming of age as a free-born Black girl in Reconstruction-era Brooklyn, Libertie Sampson was all too aware that her purposeful mother, a practicing physician, had a vision for their future together: Libertie would go to medical school and practice alongside her. But Libertie, drawn more to music than science, feels stifled by her mother’s choices and is hungry for something else—is there really only one way to have an autonomous life? And she is constantly reminded that, unlike her mother, who can pass, Libertie has skin that is too dark.
When a young man from Haiti proposes to Libertie and promises she will be his equal on the island, she accepts, only to discover that she is still subordinate to him and all men. As she tries to parse what freedom actually means for a Black woman, Libertie struggles with where she might find it—for herself and for generations to come.
Inspired by the life of one of the first Black female doctors in the United States and rich with historical detail, Kaitlyn Greenidge’s new novel resonates in our times and is perfect for readers of Brit Bennett, Min Jin Lee, and Yaa Gyasi.
Kaitlyn Greenidge‘s debut novel is We Love You, Charlie Freeman (Algonquin Books), one of the New York Times Critics’ Top 10 Books of 2016. Her writing has appeared in the Vogue, Glamour, the Wall Street Journal, Elle.com, Buzzfeed, Transition Magazine, Virginia Quarterly Review, The Believer, American Short Fiction and other places. She is the recipient of fellowships from the Whiting Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study other places. She was a contributing editor for LENNY Letter and is currently a contributing writer for The New York Times. Her second novel, Libertie, will be published by Algonquin Books on March 30, 2021. She lives in Brooklyn, NY. Visit her online at www.kaitlyngreenidge.com and find her on Twitter: @surlybassey.
Thank you so much to Algonquin for allowing me to be a part of this blog tour! Be sure to go pick up a copy of LIBERTIE and get reading! I’m a sucker for a great Young Adult historical fiction, so I will be reading this ASAP. Have you ordered or read LIBERTIE yet? If not, What’s your favorite historical fiction book you’ve read? Thanks for reading, and I’ll talk to you soon!
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I can’t wait to read Libertie this month! 😍
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