The Personal History of Rachel DuPree

Ann Weisgarber author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Pan Macmillan

Published:8th Nov '12

£8.99

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The Personal History of Rachel DuPree cover

The Personal History of Rachel Dupree was longlisted for the Orange Prize and shortlisted for the Orange Award for New Writers Published alongside The Promise which will be receiving much review coverage Stunning new jacket look Will appeal to fans of Barbara Kingsolver's bestselling book, The Poisonwood Bible and Toni Morrison's Beloved

A stunning novel about love, loyalty and homeland

Short-listed for the Orange Award for New Writers & long-listed for the Orange Prize

It is 1917 in the South Dakota Badlands, and summer has been hard. Fourteen years have passed since Rachel and Isaac DuPree left Chicago to stake a claim in this unforgiving land. Isaac, a former Buffalo Soldier, is fiercely proud: black families are rare in the West, and black ranchers even rarer.

But it hasn’t rained in months, the cattle bellow with thirst, and supplies are dwindling. Pregnant, and struggling to feed her family, Rachel is isolated by more than just geography. She is determined to give her surviving children the life they deserve, but she knows that her husband will never leave his ranch.

Moving and majestic, The Personal History of Rachel DuPree is an unforgettable novel about love and loyalty, homeland and belonging. Above all, it is the story of one woman’s courage in the face of the most punishing adversity.

  • Long-listed for Orange Prize for Fiction 2009 (UK)

ISBN: 9781447203377

Dimensions: 196mm x 131mm x 27mm

Weight: 282g

352 pages