Eleanor Shearer
Auteur de River Sing Me Home
Œuvres de Eleanor Shearer
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- Date de naissance
- 21st century
- Sexe
- female
- Lieux de résidence
- London, England, UK
Ramsgate, England, UK - Études
- University of Oxford
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River Sing Me Home: A GMA Book Club Pick (A Novel) par Eleanor Shearer
Rachel escapes the Providence Plantation in Barbados to find her children - sold into slavery as children. Mary Grace, Miicah, Thomas Augstus, Cherry Jane, and Mercy. Her travels take her to British Guina and Trinidad. She finds out the fate of each one, floowing rivers and stories of her people.
This is the heartbreaking story of Rachel, a slave on a sugar cane plantation in Barbados in 1864 when the Emancipation Act is decreed; however, the slaves are held for another six years as apprentices and runaways will still be captured and punished. Determined to find the children that have been taken from her and probably sold at auction, she makes the decision to run in the dead of night.
Due to the assistance of generous strangers, Rachel escapes and eventually finds her daughter, Mary Grace, in the employ of kind people. The two of them begin a dangerous journey by ship to find her other missing children. She is undaunted by the perils that await as she seeks her other children. This is a testament to her strength, courage and unrelenting resolve to reunite with those who have so cruelly been taken from her.… (plus d'informations)
Due to the assistance of generous strangers, Rachel escapes and eventually finds her daughter, Mary Grace, in the employ of kind people. The two of them begin a dangerous journey by ship to find her other missing children. She is undaunted by the perils that await as she seeks her other children. This is a testament to her strength, courage and unrelenting resolve to reunite with those who have so cruelly been taken from her.… (plus d'informations)
This is a historical novel set in the Caribbean in the 1830s. Rachel is a slave, but when the king announces an end to slavery, she rejoices. However, the plantation owner says they must work for him for 6 years as apprentices. This is just another form of slavery. Rachel runs, and escapes. But, she now must search for her children who were taken from her over the years. She watches as they live their lives and grow. It is a realistic look at slavery, race relations, and a mother's love.
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