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Book Review of Cane River

Cane River
Cane River
Author: Lalita Tademy
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Substores
Book Type: Hardcover
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I liked this book about Tademy's ancestors and their struggles in the 19th and early 20th century. I especially liked the way she inserted images of newspaper accounts, slave auction lists, and census records. I would read these documents just after reading the fictional account and would connect the names to the characters, making them more "alive." I look forward to reading the sequel, Red River.