This Here Is Love
Perry, Princess Joy L.
ISBN 10: 1324105976 ISBN 13: 9781324105978
Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 2025
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Synopsis:
Three people—two enslaved, one indentured—live beside each other, fighting, and sometimes failing, to be more than their pasts say they should be This Here Is Love, Princess Joy L. Perry
Bless was born into slavery in 1690s Virginia and faces her mother’s fury, learning that cruelty can come from any side. David, an enslaved child of a freed father, dreams of the promise of liberty made to him. Jack, an impoverished Scots-Irish boy, sails to America to be indentured. Somehow, they all will stake a claim to love.
Princess Joy L. Perry tells us a previously unheard story—one in which characters must carve out choices from the narrowest of circumstances and confront heartrending questions: how far would you go to protect your children from enslavement? How to create a lasting family after being torn from your own? What to value more: a hard-won opportunity or your humanity? This Here Is Love is an unforgettable story from an astonishing new voice.
About the Author: Princess Joy L. Perry is the recipient of a Virginia Commission for the Arts Fellowship and a winner of a Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Award. Her short stories have appeared in All About Skin, African American Review, and Kweli Journal. She lives in Norfolk, Virginia.
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Bibliographic Details
Title: This Here Is Love
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publication Date: 2025
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket