Title of Story:
The Awakening of La Muse
Written by:
S.R. Strickland
Logline:
A sixteen-year-old American slave accompanies her owners to Paris in 1855. Aware that France has outlawed slavery, she runs. A modest existence as a seamstress is forged, but soon she learns an illegal French bounty hunter is in hot pursuit. She vows to defend her freedom by any means necessary or die trying.
Genre:
Historical Fiction; Drama
Type:
Novel (Published)
WILDsound Festival 