11 hrs 54 mins | Fiction | African American and Black | HistoricalAccording to the Kirkus Review: "Once in a Blood Moon elegantly articulates a young woman's precarious position between white and black society. Overall, this novel explores issues of equality and personal freedom in thought-provoking ways."
Once in a Blood Moon: a-can't-put-it-down-page-turner about love, betrayal and redemption.
Sixteen-year-old Alexandra Degambia is the daughter of a wealthy African American planter and a social climbing mother who can pass for white. Balancing on the tightrope between girlhood and the complicated adult world is a treacherous undertaking. One miss...
According to the Kirkus Review: "Once in a Blood Moon elegantly articulates a young woman's precarious position between white and black society. Overall, this novel explores issues of equality and personal freedom in thought-provoking ways."
Once in a Blood Moon: a-can't-put-it-down-page-turner about love, betrayal and redemption.
Sixteen-year-old Alexandra Degambia is the daughter of a wealthy African American planter and a social climbing mother who can pass for white. Balancing on the tightrope between girlhood and the complicated adult world is a treacherous undertaking. One misstep could ruin a young woman’s prospects forever.
Alexandra yearns to establish her own place in the world as an accomplished violinist. She assumes her talent and her family’s wealth will pave the way to her success. Her life becomes a nightmare when her mother dies and her father is murdered by prejudiced officials eager to seize the plantation. When Alexandra becomes the heiress of Heaven Hill plantation, she has a target on her back. Powerful people want to seize the plantation for their own. Alexandra flees to save her life.
2020 Best Books Award Winner for African American Fiction; 2020 American Fiction Award Winner; New York Book Festival, Honorable Mention for Fiction; 2021 Los Angeles Book Festival, Honorable Mention for Fiction, Five-Star Reader’s Choice selection; 2020 Chanticleer Goethe Award, First Place for Historical Fiction after 1740.
| # | Title | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | 00.0 Opening Credits |
0 mins 25 secs |
| 2. | 00.1 Introduction |
3 mins 09 secs |
| 3. | 01 Part 1 Chapter 1 |
29 mins 20 secs |
| 4. | 02 Chapter 2 |
22 mins 28 secs |
| 5. | 03 Chapter 3 |
8 mins 11 secs |
| 6. | 04 Chapter 4 |
27 mins 20 secs |
| 7. | 05 Chapter 5 |
11 mins 46 secs |
| 8. | 06 Chapter 6 |
17 mins 10 secs |
| 9. | 07 Chapter 7 |
16 mins 57 secs |
| 10. | 08 Chapter 8 |
52 mins 17 secs |
| 11. | 09 Chapter 9 |
17 mins 52 secs |
| 12. | 10 Chapter 10 |
9 mins 56 secs |
| 13. | 11 Chapter 11 |
16 mins 28 secs |
| 14. | 12 Chapter 12 |
24 mins 44 secs |
| 15. | 13 Chapter 13 |
13 mins 30 secs |
| 16. | 14 Chapter 14 |
25 mins 20 secs |
| 17. | 15 Chapter 15 |
39 mins 08 secs |
| 18. | 16 Chapter 16 |
36 mins 54 secs |
| 19. | 17 Chapter 17 |
34 mins 54 secs |
| 20. | 18 Part 2 Chapter 18 |
15 mins 30 secs |
| 21. | 19 Chapter 19 |
27 mins 20 secs |
| 22. | 20 Chapter 20 |
42 mins 32 secs |
| 23. | 21 Chapter 21 |
8 mins 49 secs |
| 24. | 22 Chapter 22 |
19 mins 32 secs |
| 25. | 23 Chapter 23 |
44 mins 26 secs |
| 26. | 24 Chapter 24 |
34 mins 19 secs |
| 27. | 25 Chapter 25 |
12 mins 19 secs |
| 28. | 26 Chapter 26 |
19 mins 49 secs |
| 29. | 27 Chapter 27 |
5 mins 26 secs |
| 30. | 28 Chapter 28 |
10 mins 13 secs |
| 31. | 29 Chapter 29 |
13 mins 12 secs |
| 32. | 30 Chapter 30 |
32 mins 27 secs |
| 33. | 31 Chapter 31 |
12 mins 03 secs |
| 34. | 32 Author's Note |
1 mins 04 secs |
| 35. | 33 Acknowledegments |
2 mins 17 secs |
| 36. | 34 Closing Credits |
0 mins 51 secs |
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