The eleven-year-old English girl Doris falls victim to kidnapping in her country: she is seized by black slave traders and taken to the "New World" along with many other whites to work as slaves on the plantations of black landowners. On the plantation of Master Buana, Doris will live for many years, keeping the hope of escaping alive.

An inverted story of slavery by Bernardine Evaristo (born London, 1959). What if whites were slaves to blacks? How would they feel? A shocking and moving narrative about the unspeakable hardships of people who lived in slavery – victims of torture and harsh exploitation – and their dreams of finding the path to freedom. A harsh indictment of the racism that still lurks today.