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Cane River Paperback - 2002

by Lalita Tademy

Tademy's "New York Times" bestseller and Oprah Book Club pick--the compelling saga based on the lives of four generations of black women--is now in paperback.


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A New York Times bestseller and Oprah's Book Club Pick-the unique and deeply moving saga of four generations of African-American women whose journey from slavery to freedom begins on a Creole plantation in Louisiana. Beginning with her great-great-great-great grandmother, a slave owned by a Creole family, Lalita Tademy chronicles four generations of strong, determined black women as they battle injustice to unite their family and forge success on their own terms. They are women whose lives begin in slavery, who weather the Civil War, and who grapple with contradictions of emancipation, Jim Crow, and the pre-Civil Rights South. As she peels back layers of racial and cultural attitudes, Tademy paints a remarkable picture of rural Louisiana and the resilient spirit of one unforgettable family. There is Elisabeth, who bears both a proud legacy and the yoke of bondage... her youngest daughter, Suzette, who is the first to discover the promise-and heartbreak-of freedom... Suzette's strong-willed daughter Philomene, who uses a determination born of tragedy to reunite her family and gain unheard-of economic independence... and Emily, Philomene's spirited daughter, who fights to secure her children's just due and preserve their dignity and future. Meticulously researched and beautifully written, Cane River presents a slice of American history never before seen in such piercing and personal detail.

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  • Title Cane River
  • Author Lalita Tademy
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 560
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Grand Central Publishing, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  • Date 2002-04-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated, Maps, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780446678452 / 0446678457
  • Weight 1.02 lbs (0.46 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.03 x 5.27 x 1.49 in (20.40 x 13.39 x 3.78 cm)
  • Reading level 970
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Deep South
    • Cultural Region: Mid-South
    • Cultural Region: Southeast U.S.
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
    • Geographic Orientation: Louisiana
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
    • Topical: Family
  • Library of Congress subjects Mothers and daughters, Domestic fiction
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002284062
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Citations

  • Kliatt, 05/01/2002, Page 22

About the author

A former vice-president at Sun Microsystems, Lalita Tademy left the corporate world to immerse herself in tracing her family's past and in writing.
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