The book "Out of the Frame; or, Thirty Years in Captivity and Four Years in the White House" by Elizabeth Keckley is an impressive testimony of the life of an African-American woman who went through incredible tests of fate. Elizabeth Keckley was a slave for a long period of her life, but thanks to her strength of spirit and perseverance, she was able to break free. The book describes not only life in captivity, but also the period when she worked in the White House as a seamstress and was close to the American president Abraham Lincoln. Elizabeth Keckley reveals her memoirs to the reader, in which she shares her impressions of working in an elite environment, talks about relationships with members of the presidential family and other influential people. Each line of the book is written with great emotion and sincerity, testifying to the unparalleled power of the author's spirit. "Out of the frame; or, Thirty years of captivity and four years in the White House" is a work that gives us the opportunity to look into the heart of a woman who survived the most difficult trials and preserved her dignity in all conditions.