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Finlay Donovan is―once again―struggling to finish her next novel and keep her head above water as a single mother of two

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Black Washington. by Esi Edugyan adult non-fiction Finlay Donovan is―once again―struggling toEleven year old George Washington Blackor Washa field slave on a Barbados sugar plantation, is initially terrified when he is chosen as the manservant of his masters brother. To his surprise, however, the eccentric Christopher Wilde turns out to be a naturalist, explorer, inventor, and abolitionist. Soon Wash is initiated into a world where a flying machine can carry a man across the sky, where even a boy born in chains may embrace a life of dignity