Lalita tademy was vice president of sun microsystems until she left corporate life to research the history of her family. See more ideas about river i, creole people and louisiana creole. Suzette elisabeths youngest daughter, and the first to. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read cane river. Lalita tademy has imbued life and blood into her family history, capturing you with her first sentence and only releasing you with her final word. Buy cane river oprahs book club reprint by lalita tademy isbn. The romance between two african americans who come from a different class background. Cane river tells the story of four generations of africanamerican women and the choices they made in order to survive slavery and tragic losses and to create a legacy for the generations to follow. Built from an exploration of her own ancestors, tademys cane river is an impressive melding of historical documents and fiction, pulling together multiple generations of a single family and offering a novel which offers the best of what historical fiction can be. A new york times bestseller and oprahs book club pickthe unique and deeply moving saga of four generations of africanamerican women whose journey from slavery to freedom begins on a creole plantation in louisiana.
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Sep 25, 2016 the real heartbreak, she said, was the pryor deal. Warner books i think what lalita was able to do with this story is open the door for a lot of people who want to trace their own roots or look at what their heritage, what that. Opening in 1834 on a mediumsize creole plantation worked. The women of cane river cane river begins with elisabeth tademys greatgreatgreatgreatgrandmother and focuses on three women marked by her strength, her pride, and her instinct for survival. Cane river is an isolated community that lies on a small river in central louisiana. A new york times bestseller and oprahs book club pickthe unique and deeply moving.
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