Inspired by true events,A More Perfect Unionis an epic story of love and courage, desperation and determination, and three people whose lives are inescapably entwined…
Henry O’Toole sails to America in 1848 to escape the famine in Ireland, only to face anti-immigrant prejudice. Determined never to starve again, he changes his surname to Taylor and heads south to Virginia, seeking work as a traveling blacksmith on the prosperous plantations.
Torn from her home and sold to Jubilee Plantation, Sarah must navigate its intricate hierarchy. And now an enigmatic blacksmith is promising her not just the world but also her freedom. How could she say no?
Enslaved at Jubilee Plantation, Maple is desperate to return to her husband and daughter. With Sarah’s arrival, she sees her chance to be reunited at last with her family—but at what cost?
Tammye Huf grew up in California, before moving first to Germany and then to the UK with her husband and their three children. In more normal times, she still returns to the US regularly to catch up with friends and family. She has worked as a teacher, translator and copywriter and has published stories in
Diverse Stories Quarterly,
The Forge,
Ginosko Literary Journal,
The Storyteller,
Necessary Fiction,
New Plains Reviewand
The Penman Review. She was runner-up in the 2018
London MagazineShort Story Prize."A memorable tale of love and freedom."
Publishers Weekly“Impossible to put down! A startling and hopeful tale."
Elizabeth Cobbs, bestselling author of The Tubman Command
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