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Review title: Not for serious readers of literature or history
Product review: Congratulations to Lalita Tademy for leaving her job as a CEO to research and write a book. One imagines that she was better at business then prose. To be kind, the writing is slip shod. No characters, not even the main ones, are more than stick figures. Why they make the choices they do is left a total mystery. Tademy has bravely taken on the ambitious task of telling the stories of three of her ancestors, two of whom lived much of their lives as slaves in Louisiana. She's bitten off far too much, often jumping the story years ahead seemingly at whim. I literally tossed the book in the air at the mention of Lincoln assuming the presidency in November 1860 (the month of his election, four months before taking office). For serious students of history, Cane River is more annoying than enlightening.Cane River is about important and compelling issues that surrounded the lives of many female slaves. Such a book should not be left in the hands of novice.
