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River Sing Me Home

by Eleanor Shearer
A story that follows an escaped slave determined to find her children who were sold when they were young. The story is sometimes sad and shows a mother's enduring love for her children. The story, which is beautifully written, will stir up a lot of emotion; sadness, anger, and especially disbelief at how black women were abused,  raped, and more. River Sing Me Home by Eleanor Shearer #historicalfiction, #womensfiction, #reading, #BooksToRead, #bookclub, #reading, #books #fiction #bestbooks

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 on the English coast 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, and her fieldwork in

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