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The Seven Daughters of Dupree
Introducing…
The latest novel from Nikesha Elise Williams
It's 1995, and fourteen-year-old Tati desperately wants to know the identity of her father. Gossip flies fast and loose in her mother Nadia's basement salon, but when it comes to family, she's tight-lipped. Tati's grandmother, Gladys, won't tell her either; nor will Gladys tell Nadia the real reason she fled Land’s End, Alabama, in 1953.
These are the first of many secrets in the matrilineal line of Dupree women.
The Seven Daughters of Dupree masterfully weaves together themes of generational trauma, Black women’s resilience, and unbreakable familial bonds.
Echoing the literary power of The Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana Mathis, Nikesha Elise Williams delivers a feminist literary fiction that explores the ripple effects of actions, secrets, and love through seven generations of Black women.
About me.
Nikesha Elise Williams is a two-time Emmy award winning producer, an award-winning author, and producer and host of the Black and Published podcast. A narrative strategist by day and journalist always, her writing has appeared in The Washington Post, The Bitter Southerner, Essence, and Vox. Nikesha’s work has been supported by the Kimbilio Fiction Fellowship, the DeGroot Foundation, and the Tin House Summer Workshop. A Chicago native, she lives in Florida with her family.
Keep up with me.
The Seven Daughters of Dupree Book Tour
Thursday April 30 — Jacksonville, FL
Saturday May 30 — Las Vegas
Sunday June 7 — Chicago
Saturday July 18 — Jacksonville, FL
Tuesday July 21 — Birmingham, AL
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