THE INDIGO GIRL by Natasha Boyd - book discussion
Overview
Join a lively historical fiction book club to explore ambition, sacrifice, and a fearless heroine, aimed at readers craving rich characters and thoughtful talk.
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Join bookclub discussion of Indigo Girl by Natasha Boyd. In this incredible story of ambition, betrayal, and sacrifice, an extraordinary sixteen-year-old girl in Colonial South Carolina defies all expectations to achieve her dream.
The year is 1739. Eliza Lucas is sixteen years old when her father leaves her in charge of their family's three plantations in rural South Carolina and then proceeds to bleed the estates dry in pursuit of his military ambitions. Tensions with the British, and with the Spanish in Florida, just a short way down the coast, are rising, and slaves are starting to become restless. Her mother wants nothing more than for their South Carolina endeavor to fail so they can go back to England. Soon her family is in danger of losing everything.