River sing me home / Eleanor Shearer.
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593548042
- ISBN: 0593548043
- Physical Description: 322 pages : map ; 24 cm
- Edition: Berkley hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Berkley, [2023]
- Copyright: ©2023
Content descriptions
General Note: | "A Good Morning America Book Club pick!"--Cover. |
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Subject: | Slaves > Emancipation > Caribbean Area > Fiction. Mother and child > Fiction. Historical fiction. Caribbean Area > History > 19th century > Fiction. |
Genre: | Historical fiction. Novels. |
Available copies
- 39 of 47 copies available at SPARK Libraries.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Juniata County. (Show)
Holds
- 3 current holds with 47 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Juniata County Library | F SHE (Text) | 39640100654050 | JUNM Fiction | Available | - |
Abington Community Library | FICTION SHEARER (Text) | 50687011814616 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Albright Memorial Library | FICTION SHEARER (Text) | 50686016270899 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Allentown Public Library | SHEARER, ELEANOR (Text) | 34455007002484 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Altoona Area Public Library | F SHE (Text) | 33240005156966 | Display | Available | - |
Bangor Public Library | F SHE (Text) | 75011000388667 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Bethlehem Coolidge Branch | f (Text) | 33062009723702 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Bethlehem Main Library | f (Text) | 33062009682775 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Bethlehem South Side Branch | f (Text) | 33062009688285 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Boyertown Community Library | SHE (Text) | 33249024857934 | Fiction | Available | - |
Cambria County Library | FICTION She (Text) | 85131001865188 | CACM Fiction | Available | - |
Degenstein Community Library | FIC SHEARER (Text) | 35031301246010 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Dingman Township Library | F SHE (Text) | 30352101377892 | Fiction | Available | - |
DuBois Public Library | FIC SHEARER (Text) | 61000100090956 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Easton Main Library | SHEARER (Text) | 31901004677862 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Easton Palmer Branch | SHEARER (Text) | 31901004677920 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Ebensburg Public Library | FIC SHE (Text) | 31814700849356 | EBNM Fiction | Available | - |
Exeter Community Library | SHE (Text) | 33249025523493 | Fiction | Available | - |
Frackville Free Public Library | FICSH (Text)
Grant:
2023 Snayberger Grant
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30459000391476 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Gettysburg Library | HIST FIC SHEARER ELEANOR (Text) | 35740635919137 | Historical Fiction | Available | - |
Green Free Library (Wellsboro) | SHE (Text) | 92526099 | GFWM Main Room | Available | - |
Highland Community Library | F SHE (Text) | 35610001003586 | HGHM Fiction | Available | - |
Hollidaysburg Area Public Library | F She 2023 (Text) | 10HOL000487938 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Hughes Library | F SHE (Text) | 32378005187507 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Kutztown Community Library | SHE (Text) | 33249024885349 | Fiction | Available | - |
Lower Macungie Library | FIC SHE (Text) | 33400001577686 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Martin Library | Adults SHE Fiction (Text) | 33454005922562 | Reading Room Balcony | Available | - |
Meyersdale Public Library | FIC SHEARER (Text) | 30512005403686 | MEYM Fiction | Available | - |
Milton Public Library | A SHE (Text) | 33226001074220 | MLTM New Fiction | Available | - |
North Wales Area Library | F Shearer (Text) | 35410000828954 | NWAL Fiction | Available | - |
Northern Wayne Community Library | FIC SHE (Text) | 38439000502084 | Fiction | Available | - |
Parkland Community Library | F SHE (Text) | 34422007382159 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Paul Smith Library of Southern York County | Adults SHE Fiction (Text) | 34318001220280 | Adult Area | Available | - |
Reading Public Library RPL - Main | Fiction Shearer (Text) | 33223009022160 | Fiction | Available | - |
Saxton Community Library | F SHE (Text) | 3SAXT00055712. | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Sinking Spring Library | SHE (Text) | 33249024295986 | Fiction | Available | - |
Southern Lehigh Public Library | FIC SHE (Text)
Bookplate:
This item was purchased in honor of Roger Amerman for a donation to the Southern Lehigh Public Library Helping Hands Campaign 2022-2023.
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30044100903782 | New Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Tunkhannock Public Library | F SHE (Text)
Memorial:
In memory of Marie Gabura by Walt and Mary Purdy
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31650000611405 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Wyomissing Public Library | F SHE (Text) | 35012001575939 | Fiction | Available | - |