Night Wherever We Go

A Novel

De: Tracey Rose Peyton

Narrado por: Karen Chilton

A RECOMMENDED READ FROM: The Washington Post • Atlanta Journal-Constitution • CrimeReads • Library Journal

A gripping, radically intimate debut novel about a group of enslaved women staging a covert rebellion against their owners

On a struggling Texas plantation, six enslaved women slip from their sleeping quarters and gather in the woods under the cover of night. The Lucys—as they call the plantation owners, after Lucifer himself—have decided to turn around the farm’s bleak financial prospects by making the women bear children. They have hired a “stockman” to impregnate them. But the women are determined to protect themselves.

Now each of the six faces a choice. Nan, the doctoring woman, has brought a sack of cotton root clippings that can stave off children when chewed daily. If they all take part, the Lucys may give up and send the stockman away. But a pregnancy for any of them will only encourage the Lucys further. And should their plan be discovered, the consequences will be severe.

Visceral and arresting, Night Wherever We Go illuminates each woman’s individual trials and desires while painting a subversive portrait of collective defiance. Unflinching in her portrayal of America’s gravest injustices, while also deeply attentive to the transcendence, love, and solidarity of women whose interior lives have been underexplored, Tracey Rose Peyton creates a story of unforgettable power.

Stellar

I’m sitting here…stuck. Stuck by the story, the writing, the ending. What a powerful story.

The historical content of how king Black woman have healed themselves in the mist of a world trying to kill them- amazing read!

This was an amazing read- it spoke to the savages of people who tried their best to oppress black women’s womb but were outwitted by the very woman they believed were less than! Karma is always great also per the end of the story!

Epic!

The full stories and strength portrayed for each woman. I was fully immersed in the novel. A must read!

Stunning in every way

This audiobook is flawless. Not only is the story’s perspective original and deeply thoughtful, the narrative is woven with pure grace. I’ve never read anything like it… Congratulations also to the reader who has an extraordinary command of voice and tempo—creating dozens of believable characters across divisions of race, age, and social class. I was sorry this book ended.

No Easy solution to National Sin

Complexity of all Characters without excuses Painful to experience but enough joy to keep you reading. No indication that ending would be easy but was appropriately brutal with dignity with some solace for the future in birth of Sarahs child ; she and Noah’s brave future