Book guide
Blonde Roots
A daring satire turns the history of slavery upside down.
GenresLiteraryHistorical
Genre and trope pairingsLiteraryTrauma recoveryLiterarySocial commentaryHistoricalResistanceHistoricalClass divide
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About Blonde Roots
In an alternate world where Africans enslave Europeans, Doris is kidnapped from an English village and taken across the ocean into bondage. Through her story, the novel delivers a sharp, unsettling satire of power, racism and the brutal logic of slavery.
Reading signals
- Spice
- Light
- Darkness
- Extreme
- Pacing
- Balanced
Content warnings
- slavery
- racism
- rape
- sexual assault
- sexual violence
- torture
- violence
- kidnapping
- trafficking
- death
- suicide
