She's too set in her opinions readily change her views.

IN fact neither man turns out to have been what she imagines they are, and her husband does something quite unexpected that should cause her to revise her opinion - but doesn't. She is clearly not happy in her life or here marriage, comparing her husband unfavourably to both a friend she'd like to have married and her father, who she perceives as having been perfect. It is narrated by the wife of a plantation owner, Manon Gaudet. I am uncertain as to what the author intends you to feel about the characters in this book. This book is incredibly thought provoking. What on earth did they think they were doing? The righteous husband fetched a cushion to make their guest more comfortable. She was dressed in borrowed clothes, sitting stiffly at a bare wooden table while a colorless Yankee woman, her thin hair pulled into a tight bun, served her tea in a china cup. Then they offers you a cup of tea, and they asks, 'Does you want cram and sugar?'' Sarah says, 'When you gets to the North they invites you to the dining room, and they asks you to sit at the table. 192 I'm sure they all made you feel important, very much the poor helpless victim, and no one asked how you got away or whom you left behind.' Manon mentions that night and goes on to say. She fights Manon for escape and Manon is injured. Sarah, his mistress slave gave away his hiding place. There's an uprising and Manon's husband is murdered. Written in the voice of the 'lady of the house,' Manon and her thought of her husband, the slaves and the relationships.

Property by valerie martin