Song Yet Sung

<p><b><h3>FROM THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF <i>THE HEAVEN & EARTH GROCERY STORE</i></h3> </b><br><b>'A complex, ever-tightening, increasingly suspenseful web' </b><br><b><i>Washington Post</i></b><br><br><b>'Gripping'</b><br><b><i>New York Times </i></b><br><br>In the days before the Civil War, an enslaved woman named Liz Spocott escapes from her captors into the labyrinthine swamps of Maryland's eastern shore, setting loose a drama of violence and hope among slave catchers, plantation owners, watermen, runaway slaves and free blacks. <br><br>Liz is near death, wracked by disturbing visions of the future, and armed with 'the Code' - a fiercely guarded cryptic means of communication for slaves on the run. <br><br>Filled with rich, true details, <i>Song Yet Sung</i> is a story of tragic triumph, dreams of tomorrow and unexpected kindness, from the National Book Award-winning novelist James McBride.</p>