02878cam a2200373 4500 2748488685 TxAuBib 20250506120000.0 260506s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780063330122 0063330121 apc9bqz9 CloudLibrary MnSpTMCL eng MnSpTMCL TxAuBib Rashad, Rae Giana. The Blueprint [CloudLibrary] : A Novel / Rashad, Rae Giana. [S.l. : HarperCollins, 2024. 1 online resource. 400 p. Electronic book. “The Blueprint is an astounding work, an unflinching portrait of misogyny and racism in a speculative world terrifyingly close to our own. Rae Giana Rashad chronicles the generational ghosts of womanhood, and how we understand ourselves through the stories of those we come from, in a way I’ve never read before. A remarkable new talent, and a timeless literary voice.”—Ashley Audrain, New York Times bestselling author of The PushIn the vein of Octavia E. Butler and Margaret Atwood, a harrowing dystopian novel set in an alternate United States—a world of injustice and bondage in which a young Black woman becomes the concubine of a powerful white government official and must face the dangerous consequences of their profound power imbalance.Solenne Bonet lives in Texas where choice no longer exists. An algorithm determines a Black woman’s occupation, spouse, and residence. Solenne finds solace in penning the biography of Henriette, an ancestor who’d been an enslaved concubine to a wealthy planter in 1800s Louisiana. But history repeats itself when Solenne, lonely and naïve, finds herself entangled with Bastien Martin, a high-ranking government official. Solenne finds the psychological bond unbearable, so she considers alternatives. With Henriette as her guide, she must decide whether and how to leave behind all she knows.Inspired by the lives of enslaved concubines to U.S. politicians and planters, this speculative fiction novel, The Blueprint, unfolds over dual timelines to explore bodily autonomy, hypocrisy, and power imbalances through the lens of the nation’s most unprotected: a Black girl. Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] HarperCollins 2024 Available via World Wide Web. Format: Adobe EPUB. Requires: CloudLibrary (file size: 3.3 MB.) FICTION|Historical. FICTION|Literary. FICTION|Political. FICTION|African American|Contemporary Women. FICTION|Alternative History. FICTION|Contemporary Women. FICTION|Dystopian. Electronic books. CloudLibrary. https://ebook.yourcloudlibrary.com/library/ereadtexas-document_id-apc9bqz9 CloudLibrary TXMLR