55 pages 1 hour read

Eleanor Shearer

River Sing Me Home

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

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Essay Topics

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What is the effect of Eleanor Shearer’s structuring the novel through parts?

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How does Rachel’s approach to motherhood change throughout the novel? What moment or moments seem to inspire these shifts?

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The natural world plays an important role in the novel. Why does Shearer emphasize nature in a text centered on familial fragmentation and reunion?