The Personal History of Rachel DuPree

by Ann Weisgarber

Genres: African American Historical; Cultural Heritage; Small Town & Rural

Synopsis

Longlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction, Ann Weisgarber’s moving and majestic debut highlights one black family’s struggle to survive the South Dakota Badlands. It’s 1917—14 years after Rachel and Isaac Dupree came to this unforgiving land—and Isaac is proud of his landed independence. But rain stops falling, cattle are dying, and supplies are gone. Desperate and exhausted, Rachel determines to do what’s right for her children, herself, and her husband.
“Beautifully done, rendered in spare, un-showy prose.”—Guardian (UK)

Release date: August 12, 2010

Publisher: Penguin Books

Print pages: 336