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My Name Is Ona Judge

by Suzette D. Harrison
Tovah Ott
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New Hampshire, 1796. "My name is Ona Judge, and I escaped from the household of the President of the United States. I was the favored maid of George and Martha Washington, but they deemed me a slave and thought me property, and I hear ten dollars is offered as reward for my capture. Now I must write the truth that I have lived, and tell my story..." Chincoteague, Virginia, present day. Rain soaks Tessa Scott as she runs from her car to the old vine-covered property she has been called to survey. She's too busy to accept a new job, but doing this favor for the grandmother of her childhood sweetheart delays a painful decision she must make about a future with her controlling boyfriend. But when Tessa finds a tattered journal carefully hidden inside the house's ancient fireplace, the tragic story of how Ona was ripped from her mother's arms to live and work in the palatial Mount Vernon, and the heart-shattering betrayal that led her to risk her life and run, has Tessa spellbound. Could discovering this forgotten scandal at the heart of her nation's history force her to confront her own story? As she races to reach the final page, will anything prepare her for the desperate moment when Ona's captors find her again? Will it inspire Tessa to take ownership of her own life and set herself free?

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  • Release date

    October 4, 2022

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781666619669
      • File size: 295822 KB
      • Duration: 10:16:17

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Library Journal

      March 1, 2023

      Harrison (The Dust Bowl Orphans) crafts a stirring, pulse-pounding narrative mirroring the life of two women across centuries. Tessa Scott, voiced by Aure Nash, considers herself a modern woman devoted to her career ambitions, even as her boyfriend has become increasingly overbearing. When Tessa discovers a long-hidden diary at the ancestral home of her first love, she is plunged into the story of its courageous author. Tovah Ott provides the voice of Ona Judge, a young women enslaved in the household of General George Washington and his wife Martha. Nash's and Ott's narrations are admirably complementary, blending Tessa's modern vernacular and mannerisms with Ona's more formal and constrained speech. Ott portrays Ona's mounting realization of her subjugation with heartbreaking dread, making her flight to freedom even more enthralling. Nash's spirited Tessa echoes Ona's determination to create the future she knows she deserves. An author's note provides background on the life of the real Ona Judge. A handful of production and editing flubs don't keep this audio from being a likely crowd-pleaser. VERDICT Recommended for lovers of historical fiction with a commitment to depth and accuracy.--Natalie Marshall

      Copyright 2023 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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  • English

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