Eleanor Shearer
Author
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Medfield Historical Fiction - 1700s–1800s
Medfield Historical Fiction for Adults - North America
SOM Read-Alikes for The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
Medfield Historical Fiction for Adults - North America
SOM Read-Alikes for The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
Description
"Rare. Moving. Powerful. This beautiful, page-turning and redemptive story of a mother's gripping journey across the Caribbean to find her stolen children in the aftermath of slavery marks the arrival of a remarkable new talent. Her search begins with an ending.... The master of the Providence plantation in Barbados gathers his slaves and announces the king has decreed an end to slavery. As of the following day, the Emancipation Act of 1834 will come...