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That Frederick is indeed emotionally unavailable is highlighted at every turn. He doesn't do "little things" for Anna, nor whisper sweet words to Ottilie. In his speeches, he thanks neither woman for the help they have given him. "Who helped more than me?" Anna thinks as she hears her husband's first speech. "How come Freddy didn't mention me?" Later Ottilie, listening to Douglass speak years later, reflects, "I'd heard Douglass give this speech numerous times and each time I felt outrage. He'd never thanked me. Never mentioned me."

Anna and Ottilie eventually make a wary kind of peace as each comes to realize that Frederick cannot give her the love she wants. In their final meeting, Anna asks Ottilie if Frederick loves her, and Ottilie has to admit she doesn't know. Laughing bitterly, Anna admits that she never knew if Frederick really loved her either.

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"I thought he choose you over me," she said. "I thought he must love you, but now I see Freddy never really learned to love." Thus, the domestic tragedy comes to an end. Anna and Ottilie have both spend their lives longing for that which will never be. It is no surprise to the reader that when Anna dies, Frederick forsakes Ottilie and marries a much younger white woman.

Jewell Parker Rhodes has written a powerful, emotional book with both historical and fictional significance. Her characters are magnificently drawn, her historical detail accurate, and her plot carefully laid out as Ottilie and Anna slowly reach the crushing conclusion that neither one of them ever really had Frederick Douglass. I would highly recommend this book for any adult reader......

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