So Far Back
A Novel
Picador · Print & ebook · October 5, 2001
Louisa Hilliard, the last descendant of one of Charleston's oldest families, finds her quiet life turned upside down when she comes upon the diary of one of her ancestors, which recounts the story of Diana, a 19th Century slave who worked for the Hilliards.
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- Genres
- Southern Fiction, Black Historical Fiction, Multigenerational Family Stories
- Published
- Picador, October 5, 2001
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Louisa Hilliard, the last descendant of one of Charleston's oldest families, finds her quiet life turned upside down when she comes upon the diary of one of her ancestors, which recounts the story of Diana, a 19th Century slave who worked for the Hilliards. As Louisa learns of Diana's tragic fate, she begins to sense a presence roaming in her house.
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Attempting to appease this presence and set right age-old wrongs, she discovers how her own life is entangled in her family's haunted history.
Where it sits
| Black Historical Fiction | 56% |
|---|---|
| Southern Fiction | 53% |
| Multigenerational Family Stories | 21% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Literary Fiction
- Authors
- Pam Durban
- Publisher
- Picador
- Published
- October 5, 2001
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Literary Fiction