Red River

IT IS TIME FOR A NEW JOURNEY:
I have told you of CANE RIVER, and the story of my mother’s family – of what slavery and the American civil war did to their lives.Now it is times to tell the tale of my father’s family.
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 a story in which courage and hope do battle with almost unendurable suffering; where real lives collide with history.
Astonishingly powerful and compelling, Lalita Tademy’s RED RIVER is an extraordinary novel of true lives in the Deep South. It will break your heart, give you hope, and never let you go.
‘Entertaining… compelling… Lalita Tademy has every right to be proud’ WASHINGTON POST
‘Red River is a remarkable historical fiction, illuminating a shameful episode of American history and giving voice to people who might otherwise never have been heard’ BOSTON GLOBE
‘One of America’s most promising new writers… Bold, cotrolled… a remarkable feat… Tademy has rewritten the history books. A book of grave importance’ SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY