Truth

Truth is an historical novel about the ex-slave who became the remarkable abolitionist and feminist known as Sojourner Truth.

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“…more than on its lyricism and potent imagery, the novel’s emotional force rests on the details of the inner workings of Sojourner Truth’s mind.”

- Hartford Courant, 2003

“The voice that contains this story has been sanded down to a coarse honesty. The language is picked clean of boast. Sojourner Truth’s story is filled with issues of trauma and survival.”

- Daily Hampshire Gazette, 2003

“…Sheehan’s writing is lively and vivid and her feel for historical detail is fine…”

- New York Times, 2003

“…an emotionally and lyrically powerful novelization of the life of Sojourner Truth…offering a new way of looking at one of history’s greatest champions of freedom.”

- Publisher’s Weekly, 2003

“…Sheehan offers a solid portrait of slavery that also brings the child and young woman to life.”

- Kirkus Reviews, 2003