River Sing Me Home: A powerful, uplifting novel of a remarkable journey to find family, inspired by true events

Eleanor Shearer

Jan 2023 · Hachette UK

About this ebook

Inspired by extraordinary true events, River Sing Me Home is a soaring story of courage and sacrifice, and a testament to the remarkable tenacity of hope.

- Soon to be adapted as a feature film by AL Films and BBC Film.
- Prima magazine's Books of the Year 2023.
- A Good Morning America Book Club Pick.

'Every once in a while, a book comes along that is so assured and so powerful you can't believe it's a debut.... Eleanor Shearer brings this story of a mother's courage to the page with compassion and tenderness' Natasha Lester, New York Times bestselling author

'I was riveted by Rachel's story. Like the River of its title, this novel sings. Beautiful' Cherie Jones, author of How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House, shortlisted for The Women's Prize for Fiction

'A searing debut full of love and loss... Heartbreaking, hopeful, and unforgettable... this is the kind of book that will stay with readers for years to come' Kristin Harmel, New York Times bestselling author

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Rachel is searching for her children. For Mary Grace, Micah, Thomas Augustus, Cherry Jane and Mercy. These are the five who were sold to other plantations; the faces she cannot forget. It is 1834, and the law says her people are now free. But for Rachel freedom means finding her children.

With fear snapping at her heels, Rachel keeps moving. From sunrise to sunset, through the cane fields of Barbados to the forests of British Guiana, then on to Trinidad, up the dangerous river and to the open sea. Only once she knows their stories can she rest. Only then can she finally find home...

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a mother's love is everything that you can ever ask for and rely on

About the author

Eleanor Shearer is a mixed-race writer and the granddaughter of Windrush generation immigrants. She splits her time between London and Ramsgate so that she never has to go too long without seeing the sea. For her Master's degree in Politics at the University of Oxford, Eleanor studied the legacy of slavery and the case for reparations. Her fieldwork was in St. Lucia and Barbados.