{"product_id":"the-personal-history-of-rachel-dupree-isbn-9780143119487","title":"The Personal History of Rachel DuPree","description":"\u003cb\u003eSoon to be a Major Motion Picture Starring Emmy Award Winner and Oscar Nominee Viola Davis; \"An eye-opening look at the little-explored area of a black frontier woman in the American West.\" --\u003ci\u003eChicago Sun-Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Praised by Alice Walker and many other bestselling writers, \u003ci\u003eThe Personal History of Rachel DuPree\u003c\/i\u003e is an award-winning debut novel with incredible heart about life on the prairie as it's rarely been seen. Reminiscent of \u003ci\u003eThe Color Purple\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the frontier novels of Laura Ingalls Wilder and Willa Cather, it opens a window on the little-known history of African American homesteaders and gives voice to an extraordinary heroine who embodies the spirit that built America.\"\u003ci\u003eThe Personal History of Rachel DuPree\u003c\/i\u003e is a John Ford movie...with black people! It's spectacular! Really great! I can't put it down. I've never read anything like it!\" \u003cbr\u003e -Viola Davis, Academy Award-nominated and Tony Award-winning actress \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"A rousing gallop with African American pioneers settling in the South Dakota Badlands.\" \u003cbr\u003e -\u003ci\u003eEbony\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"An eye-opening look at the little explored area of a black frontier woman in the American West.\" \u003cbr\u003e -\u003ci\u003eChicago Sun-Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"A captivating twist on the familiar pioneer story [that] is ambitious for a first novel, and it triumphs.\" \u003cbr\u003e -\u003ci\u003eRichmond Times Dispatch\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Emotionally arresting...Vivid and expressive...A compelling story that at times will leave the reader breathless.\" \u003cbr\u003e -\u003ci\u003eDeseret News\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"This debut novel...offers taut writing and an unusual subject.\" \u003cbr\u003e -\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Deeply affecting... The title character, reminiscent of Celie in The Color Purple, is an unassuming heroine with true grit and deep-seated dignity.\" \u003cbr\u003e -\u003ci\u003eSan Antonio Express-News\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Emotionally enveloping...Reminiscent of the iconic Willa Cather and Laura Ingalls Wilder... The story is captivating, and will dig deep into the hearts of its readers.\" \u003cbr\u003e -WOSU (Ohio NPR affiliate) \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"A shimmering novel of the sacrifice, hardship, and determination of a black family in the early twentieth-century settlement of the West.\" \u003cbr\u003e -\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Striking...Admirably crisp... Weisgarber's style is Alice Walker by way of Kent Haruf.\" \u003cbr\u003e -\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"By writing a novel that no one else has thought to write yet, Weisgarber has pushed a frontier herself [and] changes a key point in a quintessentially American narrative-a narrative that, up until now, has centered almost exclusively on the experiences of white people.\" \u003cbr\u003e -Bookslut \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Compelling historical fiction at its best, with appeal factors similar to Charles Frazier's Cold Mountain or Breena Clark's Stand the Storm.\" \u003cbr\u003e -\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"A stunning novel-so accomplished, insightful, and deeply affecting that it is hard to believe it is a debut. Rachel will capture your imagination, break your heart, and inflame your hope.\" \u003cbr\u003e -Ellen Feldman, author of \u003ci\u003eScottsboro\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLucy\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"An \u003cb\u003eindelibly affecting\u003c\/b\u003e teaching story: How unchecked selfish desires, regardless of their origins in historical cruelty and deprivation, lead inevitably to suffering. A suffering that can be alleviated only by the realization of a pure love for others greater than one's desires for self. Rachel and Isaac DuPree and their tiny, vulnerable family stand as monuments to the forgotten millions of brutal, spirit deforming choices made and endured by so many brave and deeply wounded Americans.\" \u003cbr\u003e -Alice Walker \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"It is through our fiction that Americans have best honored the diversity and richness of our culture and history. In \u003ci\u003eThe Personal History of Rachel DuPree\u003c\/i\u003e Ann Weisgarber tells the story of an African American family struggling to survive in the Dakota Badlands with a vividness and intensity \u003cb\u003eby turns heart-breaking and thrilling. It is a story of human betrayal and human love, and a woman you will not soon forget\u003c\/b\u003e.\" \u003cbr\u003e -Robert Morgan, author of \u003ci\u003eGap Creek\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"\u003cb\u003eAn essential American story\u003c\/b\u003e etched in vividly remarkable prose, of a unique period in our history, \u003ci\u003eThe Personal History of Rachel DuPree\u003c\/i\u003e beats with the timeless heart of human endeavors, yet drops us seamlessly into particular spaces and times, \u003cb\u003ea grand achievement of the first rate\u003c\/b\u003e. Some will call this a novel of race, some will see the futility of the dustbowl settlement, some will believe it to be a tale of a strong woman. It's all of these and so much more, most clearly a tale that will hold and resonate on many levels.\" \u003cbr\u003e -Jeffrey Lent, author of \u003ci\u003eIn the Fall\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Ann Weisgarber has written \u003cb\u003ean astonishing novel of the pioneering West-a novel as beautiful, profound, and unsentimental as those of Rolvaag and Cather.\u003c\/b\u003e And yet her story feels brand new, its insights into race in America poignant and timely. \u003ci\u003eThe Personal History of Rachel DuPree\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003cb\u003ethe finest novel I've read this year\u003c\/b\u003e. I can't wait to read her next one.\" \u003cbr\u003e -Lin Enger, author of \u003ci\u003eUndiscovered Country\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Ann Weisgarber has taken a solitary haunting image and created an entire family and hard landscape and \u003cb\u003ean indomitable character, Rachel DuPree, whom I worried about for several days as I raced through this novel. Rachel's story has never been told, and she is a singular heroine\u003c\/b\u003e in a vivid and heartless world.\" \u003cbr\u003e -Susan Straight, author of \u003ci\u003eHighwire Moon\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Million Nightingales\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eThe Personal History of Rachel DuPree\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003cb\u003ea wonderful addition to the literature of the Great Plains\u003c\/b\u003e. Ann Weisgarber not only locates a bright, clear voice in that vast, silent region but does so in a much-neglected part of its population. This is \u003cb\u003ea brave, lovely novel\u003c\/b\u003e.\" \u003cbr\u003e -Larry Watson, author of \u003ci\u003eMontana 1948\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOrchard\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"In \u003ci\u003eThe Personal History of Rachel DuPree\u003c\/i\u003e Ann Weisgarber has created characters of great strength and dignity in \u003cb\u003ean exciting, fast moving novel about courage in the face of the terrible truth. You will inhabit the lives of these characters as you read the novel, and long after you're done, the characters will inhabit your life\u003c\/b\u003e. This is a tremendous start in what will be a fine career for Ann Weisgarber. She's a great storyteller.\" \u003cbr\u003e -Thomas Cobb, author of \u003ci\u003eCrazy Heart\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eShavetail\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"\u003cb\u003eBeautifully done\u003c\/b\u003e, rendered in spare, un-showy prose as denuded as the Dakota earth; while Rachel is a marvellously realised creation.\" \u003cbr\u003e -\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Vintage Americana, \u003cb\u003eas chilling as \u003ci\u003eCold Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e.\" \u003cbr\u003e -\u003ci\u003eRed\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"\u003cb\u003eA gem\u003c\/b\u003e . . . Pride and prejudice are the prevalent themes running through this book. From the dramatic first chapter it's \u003cb\u003ea powerful story of courage\u003c\/b\u003e in the face of adversity.\" \u003cbr\u003e -\u003ci\u003eIrish Examiner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnn Weisgarber\u003c\/b\u003e was longlisted for the Orange Prize, was a finalist for the Orange Award for New Writers, and won the Langum Prize in American Historical Fiction and the Texas Institute of Letters’ Steven Turner Award for Best Work of First Fiction for \u003ci\u003eThe Personal History of Rachel DuPree. \u003c\/i\u003eShe holds a master’s degree in sociology and has worked as a social worker and has taught high school and college. Born and raised in Kettering, Ohio, she has also lived in Boston and Des Moines and now divides her time between Sugar Land and Galveston, Texas, the setting of her novel \u003ci\u003eThe Promise, \u003c\/i\u003eabout a woman living through the Great Gulf Hurricane of 1900.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304243810533,"sku":"NP9780143119487","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780143119487.jpg?v=1767740944","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-personal-history-of-rachel-dupree-isbn-9780143119487","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}