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Eleanor Shearer

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Eleanor Shearer is a mixed race writer from the UK. She splits her time between London and Ramsgate on the coast of Kent, so that she never has to go too long without seeing the sea.

As the granddaughter of Caribbean immigrants who came to the UK as part of the Windrush Generation, Eleanor has always been drawn to Caribbean history. Her first novel, RIVER SING ME HOME (Headline, UK & Berkley, USA) is inspired by the true stories of the brave woman who went looking for their stolen children after the abolition of slavery in 1834.

The novel draws on her time spent in the Caribbean, visiting family in St Lucia and Barbados. It was also informed by her Master's degree in Politics, where she focused on how slavery is remembered on the islands tod ...more

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Average rating: 3.99 · 28,420 ratings · 3,508 reviews · 2 distinct works • Similar authors

	River Sing Me Home 3.99 avg rating — 28,420 ratings — published 2023 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Los hijos de Rachel [River Sing Me Home] by Eleanor Shearer (Goodreads Author), Elanor Shearer, Julieta Llosa (Narrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Eleanor Shearer (?)

“And yet, love did not wait. Love was there in the beginning—even before the beginning. Love needed no words, no introduction. Existence was enough.”
― Eleanor Shearer, River Sing Me Home

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“The connection between all things. That we can’t just take; we must also give.”
― Eleanor Shearer, River Sing Me Home

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“Because someone help me when me need it. And you should not take help if you not gon’ give it when the time comes.”
― Eleanor Shearer, River Sing Me Home

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River Sing Me Home

by Eleanor Shearer

6 votes, 37.5%

Do No Harm

by Jack Jordan

4 votes, 25.0%

Don’t Forget to Write

by Sara Goodman Confino

3 votes, 18.8%

She: A History of Adventure

by H. Rider Haggard

1 vote, 6.3%

Gone Tonight

by [author:Sarah Pekkanen|2982045

1 vote, 6.3%

Northanger Abbey

by Val McDermid

1 vote, 6.3%

16 total votes

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