Cane River / Lalita Tademy.
On a Creole plantation on the banks of Louisiana's Cane River, four generations of astonishing women battle injustice to unite their family and forge success on their own terms. They are women whose lives begin in slavery, who weather the Civil War, and who grapple with the contradictions of emancipation through the turbulent early years of the twentieth century. There is Elisabeth, who bears both a proud legacy and the yoke of bondage...her youngest daughter, Suzette, who is the first to discover the promise - and heartbreak - of freedom...Suzette's strong-willed daughter Philomene, who uses a determination born of tragedy to reunite her family and gain unheardof economic independence...and Emily, Philomene's spirited daughter, who fights to secure her children's just due and preserve their dignity and future.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780446678452
- ISBN: 0446678457
- Physical Description: xvii, 529 pages : illustrations, genealogical table, maps ; 21 cm.
- Publisher: New York : Warner Books, [2002].
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- General Note:
- Includes reading group guide.
- Study Program Information Note:
- Accelerated Reader AR UG 6.5 20 66559.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Madison Main Library | FIC TAD (Text) | 30229100964252 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Hoke County Public Library | FIC TADEMY (Text) | 28198000306241 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Macon County Public Library | F TADEMY (Text) | 39493107931133 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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On a Creole plantation on the banks of Louisiana's Cane River, four generations of astonishing women battle injustice to unite their family and forge success on their own terms. They are women whose lives begin in slavery, who weather the Civil War, and who grapple with the contradictions of emancipation through the turbulent early years of the twentieth century. There is Elisabeth, who bears both a proud legacy and the yoke of bondage...her youngest daughter, Suzette, who is the first to discover the promise - and heartbreak - of freedom...Suzette's strong-willed daughter Philomene, who uses a determination born of tragedy to reunite her family and gain unheardof economic independence...and Emily, Philomene's spirited daughter, who fights to secure her children's just due and preserve their dignity and future.
