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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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“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.”
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March BoTM Nominations ~ Historical Fiction ~ 1st poll
Top five books move onto Final Round

The Berry Pickers

by Amanda Peters

7 votes, 23.3%

The River We Remember

by William Kent Krueger

6 votes, 20.0%

Hang the Moon

by Jeannette Walls

5 votes, 16.7%

The Lipstick Bureau

by Michelle Gable

4 votes, 13.3%

Marmee

by Sarah Miller

3 votes, 10.0%

The Trials of Maria Barbella: The True Story of a 19th-Century Crime of Passion

by Idanna Pucci

2 votes, 6.7%

River Sing Me Home

by Eleanor Shearer

2 votes, 6.7%

The German Wife

by Kelly Rimmer

1 vote, 3.3%

Wench

by Dolen Perkins-Valdez

0 votes, 0.0%

The Lindbergh Nanny

by Mariah Fredericks

0 votes, 0.0%

As Bright as Heaven

by Susan Meissner

0 votes, 0.0%

The Leftover Woman

by Jean Kwok

0 votes, 0.0%

30 total votes

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