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This is long book but it reads fast. Historical fiction about three geenerations of women in Louisiana, follows their struggles in , up and out of slavery. Very interesting depiction of the culture of french and creole which is unique to that part of the country.

This review was originally written for the audio version, but it holds true, obviously, for the print version. So I repeat it here with hopes it might help someone's choice of read.

Yes! This was an Oprah pick...but forget that. This is a great book anyway.

I spent the entire day listening to this 6 hour audio as I walked and gardened, then just sat on the stoop doing nothing but listening. Perhaps it was the readers, Shari Belafonte, Jo Marie Payton, and Edwina Moore, who seemed to take a generation each to read about. They breathed such life into the characters, such love and determination into their lives. Depressing--well, all Oprah books seem to be, at least those I've read. But this book was different. Of course it had its depressing moments, after all, a book about Black women set in the south during the 1800's would be, but then along would come these scenes that would lift you right out of that misery. Make you so proud and make you wish you knew these women.

Multi-generational, it somewhat reminded me of Roots, with the focus all upon the women.

And something I found very neat: the author, Lalita Tademy, did an introduction where she admitted that after finding the documents and such of these relatives, when she decided to write the story, she did not hesitate to use her imagination where things could not be proved.

on a plantation of a Louisiana's Cane River, four generations of astonishing women battle injustice to unite thier family and forge success on their own terms

A family saga of an unusual Louisiana family from its roots in slavery to the 20th century.

This book was so fantastic, that I could not put it down

Wonderful book!

Awesome book about generations of strong women in a family that begins in slavery and the struggle and hardships endured to gain freedom and economic independence.

This is a very interesting history of 4 generations of African American women based on one family's actual past.

This is a fantastic, unable to put down story1 I loved it!!!

Once I satrted reading this book, I couldn't put it down. I had to see what happened next to this family. A true story at it's base, done in fiction, it keeps you riveted.

great book! really opened my eyes to the struggles the newly-freed slaves had to face back in the civil war era...would reccomend this book

I love this book. It tells you of a different time long ago.

a"...novel of four generations of African-American women based on one family's actual past...." (from back cover)