← Dolen Perkins-ValdezBalmby Dolen Perkins-ValdezPost-Civil War novel exploring healing and reconciliation among formerly enslaved womenFind on Amazon↗About the authorDolen Perkins-ValdezAmerican novelist whose debut Wench, set on an antebellum slave resort, became a bestseller. Her subsequent novels explore Black American history with emotional depth. She is an important voice in African American historical fiction.More by Dolen Perkins-ValdezWenchHistorical novel about enslaved women in antebellum America fighting for freedom→Take My HandNovel about eugenics, forced sterilization, and medical racism in twentieth-century America→
