What the River Kept
Adaeze Okonkwo
Memoir
A teacher returns to the river of her childhood to reconstruct, from letters and interviews, the year her family left and the version of the story they agreed to tell.
Historical Fiction
Daughters of the Long Harvest
Adaeze Okonkwo
Across four decades and two continents, the women of a farming family carry a land dispute, a marriage of convenience, and a secret ledger of everything they were owed.
- Publisher
- Ashgrove Press
- Publication Date
- October 2023
- ISBN
- 978-1-9384-2140-9
Awards & Reviews
- "An epic conducted in a whisper." — Meridian Books
- Finalist, National Historical Novel Award
About the Author
Adaeze Okonkwo
Adaeze Okonkwo spent thirty years teaching before publishing her first book at sixty-one. She writes across historical fiction and memoir, drawing on oral history collected over decades in her own family and community.
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