575 pages :illustration, map ;24 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
A remarkable, sweeping historical novel based on the incredible true life story of Dorothy Kirwan Thomas. Born into slavery on the tiny Caribbean island of Monserrat, Doll bought her freedom--and that of her sister and her mother--from her Irish planter father and built a legacy of wealth and power as an entrepreneur, merchant, hotelier, and planter that extended from the marketplaces and sugar plantations of Dominica and Barbados to a glittering luxury hotel in Demerara on the South American continent.
1.Slavery--Fiction.2.Freedmen--Fiction.3.Businesswomen--Fiction.4.Man-woman relationships--Fiction.Dynamic Details