Red River

Lalita Tademy

ISBN 0755332695 (978-075-533269-4)
RRP $32.95 January 2007
Headline Paperback Royal (234x156mm)

The sequel to Lalita Tademy’s bestselling Cane River, the heartbreaking and compelling story of her family’s experiences of slavery and the American Civil War. Now, in Red River, she takes readers on a new journey: that of her father’s family, whose experiences were more dramatic and painful still. From Sam Tademy, the son of a runaway slave, and his fiercely strong wife Polly, to the father and son who witness unspeakable crimes, this is an unforgettably moving novel of true lives which collided with history.

Tademy brings her ancestors to life with great skill and feeling—The Sydney Morning Herald

[Red River] combines painstaking historical reconstruction with beautiful storytelling—Daily Telegraph

Incredibly moving…powerful and at times heartbreaking…—Good Reading

One of the chief pleasures of this book is the strength and realism that Tademy brings to the voices of her black narrators…—The Age

Red River does not read like a patching together of history and fiction. Each line is infused with the author’s dramatic imagination.—Canberra Times

Other Editions

ISBN 0755332687 Headline Hardback $60.00 January 2007

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