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She Would Be King

by Wayetu Moore

Hurston/Wright Legacy · 2019 · Shortlist
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Graywolf PressLiterary FictionHistorical FictionISBN 9781555978198

Award History

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Hurston/Wright Legacy Award (Fiction)2019Shortlist

About This Book

Three extraordinary characters—a girl born of a West African spirit woman, a former enslaved man with superhuman strength, and a Jamaican maroon with the power of invisibility—converge in the founding of Liberia. A mythic reimagining of the nation's origin. Finalist for the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Fiction.

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