From the Barnes and Noble Site:
The National Book Award Winner and #1 New York Times bestseller from Colson Whitehead, a magnificent tour de force chronicling a young slave's adventures as she makes a desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum South
The book caught my attention because it is a Oprah choice. And the book held my attention as it moves along quite well. Some of the scenes that the author paints are hard to read....but I am squeamish and found that I didn't have to actually put the book down because of the content even though much of it was TERRIBLE!
I read/listened to the book via audible. Don't get caught up in the impossibleness of the underground train system in the time period being explored. It is a means to an end in the story....and it really does work. Of course, there were not actual underground railways in that time period. But there were conductors and people who risked their lives to help runaway slaves.
I liked the information found at this link:
http://www.npr.org/2016/08/08/489168232/colson-whiteheads-underground-railroad-is-a-literal-train-to-freedom
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