River sing me home
(Book)
Description
"Rare. Moving. Powerful. This beautiful, page-turning and redemptive story of a mother's gripping journey across the Caribbean to find her stolen children in the aftermath of slavery marks the arrival of a remarkable new talent. Her search begins with an ending.... The master of the Providence plantation in Barbados gathers his slaves and announces the king has decreed an end to slavery. As of the following day, the Emancipation Act of 1834 will come into effect. The cries of joy fall silent when he announces that they are no longer his slaves; they are now his apprentices. No one can leave. They must work for him for another six years. Freedom is just another name for the life they have always lived. So Rachel runs. Away from Providence, she begins a desperate search to find her children-the five who survived birth and were sold. Are any of them still alive? Rachel has to know. The grueling, dangerous journey takes her from Barbados then, by river, deep into the forest of British Guiana and finally across the sea to Trinidad. She is driven on by the certainty that a mother cannot be truly free without knowing what has become of her children, even if the answer is more than she can bear. These are the stories of Mary Grace, Micah, Thomas Augustus, Cherry Jane and Mercy. But above all this is the story of Rachel and the extraordinary lengths to which a mother will go to find her children...and her freedom"--
Copies
More Copies In LINK+
More Details
Notes
Reviews from GoodReads
Citations
Shearer, E. (2023). River sing me home. Berkley hardcover edition. New York, Berkley.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Shearer, Eleanor. 2023. River Sing Me Home. New York, Berkley.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Shearer, Eleanor, River Sing Me Home. New York, Berkley, 2023.
MLA Citation (style guide)Shearer, Eleanor. River Sing Me Home. Berkley hardcover edition. New York, Berkley, 2023.
Staff View
QR Code
Record Information
Last Sierra Extract Time | Sep 04, 2024 06:32:21 AM |
---|---|
Last File Modification Time | Sep 04, 2024 06:37:02 AM |
Last Grouped Work Modification Time | Sep 07, 2024 03:26:40 PM |
MARC Record
LEADER | 03784pam a2200541 i 4500 | ||
---|---|---|---|
001 | 2022025625 | ||
003 | DLC | ||
005 | 20230118151747.1 | ||
008 | 220621s2023 nyua 000 1 eng | ||
010 | |a 2022025625 | ||
020 | |a 9780593548042 | ||
040 | |a DLC |b eng |e rda |c DLC |d NjBwBT |d GCmBT | ||
042 | |a pcc | ||
043 | |a cc----- | ||
049 | |a JRSA | ||
050 | 0 | 0 | |a PR6119.H433 |b R58 2023 |
082 | 0 | 0 | |a 823/.92 |2 23/eng/20220621 |
100 | 1 | |a Shearer, Eleanor, |e author. | |
245 | 1 | 0 | |a River sing me home / |c Eleanor Shearer. |
250 | |a Berkley hardcover edition. | ||
264 | 1 | |a New York : |b Berkley, |c 2023. | |
300 | |a 322 pages : |b illustration ; |c 24 cm | ||
336 | |a text |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
337 | |a unmediated |b n |2 rdamedia | ||
338 | |a volume |b nc |2 rdacarrier | ||
520 | |a "Rare. Moving. Powerful. This beautiful, page-turning and redemptive story of a mother's gripping journey across the Caribbean to find her stolen children in the aftermath of slavery marks the arrival of a remarkable new talent. Her search begins with an ending.... The master of the Providence plantation in Barbados gathers his slaves and announces the king has decreed an end to slavery. As of the following day, the Emancipation Act of 1834 will come into effect. The cries of joy fall silent when he announces that they are no longer his slaves; they are now his apprentices. No one can leave. They must work for him for another six years. Freedom is just another name for the life they have always lived. So Rachel runs. Away from Providence, she begins a desperate search to find her children-the five who survived birth and were sold. Are any of them still alive? Rachel has to know. The grueling, dangerous journey takes her from Barbados then, by river, deep into the forest of British Guiana and finally across the sea to Trinidad. She is driven on by the certainty that a mother cannot be truly free without knowing what has become of her children, even if the answer is more than she can bear. These are the stories of Mary Grace, Micah, Thomas Augustus, Cherry Jane and Mercy. But above all this is the story of Rachel and the extraordinary lengths to which a mother will go to find her children...and her freedom"-- |c Provided by publisher. | ||
650 | 0 | |a Enslaved persons |x Emancipation |z Caribbean Area |v Fiction. | |
650 | 0 | |a Mother and child |v Fiction. | |
651 | 0 | |a Caribbean Area |x History |y 19th century |v Fiction. | |
655 | 7 | |a Historical fiction. |2 lcgft | |
655 | 7 | |a Novels. |2 lcgft | |
776 | 0 | 8 | |i Online version: |a Shearer, Eleanor. |t River sing me home |d New York : Berkley, 2023 |z 9780593548059 |w (DLC) 2022025626 |
907 | |a .b27303895 | ||
932 | |a FICTION Shearer, E. | ||
945 | |y .i88363983 |i 33029114156888 |l cenag |s - |k 08-27-24 |u 10 |x 5 |w 1 |v 10 |t 0 |z 01-24-23 |o - | ||
945 | |y .i88363995 |i 33029114156896 |l sylag |s - |k |u 8 |x 1 |w 0 |v 2 |t 0 |z 01-24-23 |o - | ||
945 | |y .i88364008 |i 33029114156904 |l valag |s - |k |u 9 |x 4 |w 1 |v 4 |t 0 |z 01-24-23 |o - | ||
945 | |y .i8836401x |i 33029114156912 |l nhiag |s - |k |u 7 |x 2 |w 0 |v 10 |t 0 |z 01-24-23 |o - | ||
945 | |y .i88364021 |i 33029114156920 |l pocag |s - |k |u 7 |x 3 |w 0 |v 2 |t 0 |z 01-24-23 |o - | ||
945 | |y .i88364033 |i 33029114156938 |l oraag |s - |k |u 6 |x 2 |w 0 |v 4 |t 0 |z 01-24-23 |o - | ||
945 | |y .i88364045 |i 33029114156946 |l cooag |s - |k |u 9 |x 3 |w 0 |v 6 |t 0 |z 01-24-23 |o - | ||
945 | |y .i88387744 |i 36796022486071 |l fola |s - |k |u 13 |x 4 |w 1 |v 7 |t 0 |z 01-30-23 |o l |a FICTION Shearer, E. | ||
945 | |y .i88427924 |i 31652003503423 |l wdpa |s - |k |u 9 |x 3 |w 0 |v 4 |t 0 |z 02-07-23 |o - |a FICTION Shearer, E. | ||
945 | |y .i88856999 |i 33029113239503 |l arcag |s - |k |u 6 |x 4 |w 0 |v 5 |t 0 |z 04-21-23 |o - | ||
995 | 0 | |a Loaded with m2btab.marciveb 2023-02 | |
995 | 0 | |a Loaded with m2btab.splbtbi 2023-01 | |
995 | 0 | |a Loaded with m2btab.ingra 2022-11 | |
998 | |e - |d a |f eng |a arc |a coo |a cen |a fol |a nhi |a ora |a poc |a syl |a val |a wdp |