Length49m
About this audiobook
Saltwater Names is a deeply human historical novel about memory, survival, and the quiet resistance of ordinary lives caught in the transatlantic slave trade. Told through the intimate voice of Sewa, a young woman taken from her riverside village, the story follows her journey from capture and the brutal crossing of the ocean to plantation life and eventual escape. Rather than focusing on spectacle, the book lingers on breath, names, relationships, and the small acts of care that keep people human in inhuman systems. Through richly grounded detail and emotional nuance, Saltwater Names explores how identity survives displacement, how community is rebuilt from fragments, and how freedom is not a single moment but a direction chosen again and again.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 4.5 (2)
GenreGeneral Fiction, Literary Classics
Length49 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateFeb 2, 2026
LanguageEnglish
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