Red river gives a rich impression of a family history expansively and proudly told. Red river by lalita tademy grand central publishing. Californiaborn lalita tademy is the author of cane river, a bestselling novel and a 2001 oprah book club selection, and its critically acclaimed sequel, red river. What happened that day in the small southern town of colfax, louisiana, was called the colfax riot. Im really on the fence about what i feel about this book. Red river book by lalita tademy 7 available editions. Author interview lalita tademy, author of red river. The sequel to lalita tademys bestselling cane river, the heartbreaking and compelling story of her familys experiences of slavery and the american civil war. Hailed as remarkable philadelphia inquirer, astonishing essence, and spellbinding detroit free press, lalita tademys first novel, cane river, was a new york times best seller and the 2001 oprah book club summer selection.
Previously, lalita tademy wrote cane river, which was selected for oprahs book club and is another historical fiction book, this one based on her maternal relatives. Her first novel, cane river, was based on her mothers family and was chosen as an oprah book club selection. Hailed as powerful, accomplished, and spellbinding, lalita tademy s first novel cane river was a new york times be. She successfully intertwines history and fiction to educate and entertain the reader. Tademy family chronicles, book 2 tademy family chronicles. Now with her evocative, luminous style and painstaking research, she takes her familys story even further, back to a littlechronicled, deliberatelyforgotten time. Interview with lalita tademy, in cane river, tademy recreates the lives of the incredible women who came before her while addressing many socially significant subjects such as slavery, the role of women in history, and racism. Again in the prologue, polly tademy extols the achievements of africanamerican males of her era. The civil war had ended years before, and the colored had been given their freedom. The story, focusing on the women that raised children, mostly by white men, in rural louisiana during the years before the civil war and into the 1930s, brings home the true tragedies of slavery. Lalita tademy was born in berkeley, california, far from her parents southern roots. When cane river was published in 2001, lalita tademy established herself as the chronicler of her own familys life, since their arrival here as slaves in the 1800s.
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Now with her evocative, luminous style and painstaking research, she ta. Mixing family history, fiction, and fact made the story rich and unforgettable enough that cane river became an oprahs book club. Lalita tademys second historical novel, red river is set during reconstructionera louisiana a time period and subject matter often summarily skimmed in our history books. Now with her evocative, luminous style and painstaking research, she takes her familys story even further, back to a littlechronicled, deliberately. Free download or read online cane river pdf epub book. Lalita tademy left the corporate world to research her family history. Red river chronicles her paternal ancestors and their role in the colfax riot of 1873.
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