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Lalita Tademy

Autor/a de Cane River

6 obres 3,743 Membres 84 Ressenyes 9 preferits

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Lalita Tademy lives in Menlo Park, California. (Publisher Provided) Lalita Tademy is the New York Times Bestselling author of two historical novels. Her debut, Cane River, was Oprah¿s summer Book Pick in 2001, and her second novel, Red River, was selected as San Francisco¿s One City, One Book in mostra'n més 2007. Her third novel, Citizens Creek was published in November 2014. Before writing full-time, Lalita was Vice President and General Manager of several high technology companies in Silicon Valley. She was featured in Fortune¿s People on the Rise list, as well as Black Enterprise and Ebony. But her own interest led her to focus on her second career - writing. She has been featured in People Magazine, O Magazine, More Magazine, Good Housekeeping and The Today Show. She has also appeared as a speaker for the Library of Congress and National Book Festival. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys
Crèdit de la imatge: Library of Congress

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A trip to the south, visiting Natchitoches, LA and the area near there, I surprised to see this this book about the area, I'd meant to read long ago. I was totally captured by the story of these 4 women. Tademy does an excellent job capturing the lives of this extraordinary family as they struggle through. Based on Tademy's research into her own family heritage, she manages to recreate their heartbreaking, lives without attacking what happened and continues to happen. I agree that this is historical fiction of the highest order.… (més)
 
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EllenH | Hi ha 53 ressenyes més | Mar 11, 2023 |
 
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Jen-Lynn | Hi ha 53 ressenyes més | Aug 1, 2022 |
A novelization of the author’s own family and a portrait of her grandmother, great-grandmother and great-great grandmother and the lives they carved out for themselves on plantations along the Cane River near Natchitoches, Louisiana

An interesting examination of how complicated our intersections with race are in this country.
 
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etxgardener | Hi ha 53 ressenyes més | Jul 24, 2022 |
I loved this book. The complexities of interracial-intercultural relationships, especially as it involves inequality and slavery, goes back to the beginning of time, but has been too little explored. My own mixed Native American/Illinois pioneer squatter roots are hard to trace precisely because people at the time hid the 'unsavory' truths of their origins and identified with the dominant culture. I reached out to the author years ago after reading this, an excellent book I highly recommend.
 
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RonSchulz | Hi ha 53 ressenyes més | Jun 24, 2022 |

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6
Membres
3,743
Popularitat
#6,772
Valoració
3.9
Ressenyes
84
ISBN
72
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5
Preferit
9
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89

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