Kindred By Octavia E. Butler
This sci-fi novel is a chilling tale of a modern African American woman newly married in California who is transported back in time--unwillingly--to the South, where she is suddenly plunged into a life of slavery. The white plantation owner's young son somehow calls out to Dana through time during times of danger, and she learns it is her job to protect him because he is one of her ancestors. Her life is more and more threatened, however, and it is unclear whether she can survive the experience...
(ISBN: 0-8070-8369-0)
I read this one a long time ago and loved it. It was definitely more "chilling" than her The Parable of the Sower and very graphic if I remember correctly. It's one of those books that still has an effect even years later!
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