Lalita Tademy, Author . Warner $24.99 (432p) ISBN 978-0-446-57898-1
Four generations of African-American Southerners claw their way up from the ruins of Reconstruction in this engrossing family saga by the author of the bestselling Cane River
. Tademy begins with a harrowing recreation of the notorious 1873 massacre
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Lalita Tademy, Author Warner Books $24.95 (432p) ISBN 978-0-446-52732-3
Five generations and a hundred years in the life of a matriarchal black Louisiana family are encapsulated in this ambitious debut novel that is based in part upon the lives, as preserved in both historical record and oral tradition, of the author's...
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Lalita Tademy, Author, Shari Belafonte, Read by, JoMarie Payton, Read by , read by Shari Belafonte, Edwina Moore and Joe Marie Payton. Time Warner $24.98 (0p) ISBN 978-1-58621-062-5
Like the river of its title, Tademy's saga of strong-willed black women flows from one generation to the next, from slavery to freedom. Elisabeth is a slave on a Creole plantation, as is her daughter, Suzette. The family, based on Tademy's...
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Lalita Tademy, Author, Tim Cain, Read by, Gammy Singer, Read by , read by Tim Cain with Gammy Singer. Hachette Audio $29.98 (0p) ISBN 978-1-59483-546-9
Blending historical fact and fictional narrative, Tademy portrays an endearing generational family saga of her ancestors as they embraced the potential freedoms afforded by Reconstruction and struggled through the backlash of white supremacy in...
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