Ep35: Eleanor Shearer on freedom, the end of slavery and storytelling
On this week's episode, I spoke to Eleanor Shearer about her debut novel, River Sing Me Home. River Sing Me Home is the story of Rachel, who escapes the plantation where she was enslaved and later forced to work for years, unpaid. She runs in search of her five children who had been taken from her over the years, hoping to reconnect with them and reunite her family. It is a moving novel about love, family, freedom, storytelling, resilience, strength and hope. In our conversation, we talk ab...