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jen_reads23's review against another edition
dark
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
4.0
odcode's review against another edition
She has such a strong voice.
To have so many recollections of your youth (besides the traumatic parts) seems like such a blessing. For me, there are so many years that I've lost. But she can remember what adults acted like, and how she as a child interpreted it and reacted to the situations that enveloped a young black child in the 30s-40s in the US.
It's interesting and bleak and beautiful
To have so many recollections of your youth (besides the traumatic parts) seems like such a blessing. For me, there are so many years that I've lost. But she can remember what adults acted like, and how she as a child interpreted it and reacted to the situations that enveloped a young black child in the 30s-40s in the US.
It's interesting and bleak and beautiful
melissamissonnier's review against another edition
challenging
dark
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
2.5
jenhurst's review against another edition
I’m sure that this is a great book but 100 minutes into the audiobook I was bored
loosetoothfool's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
5.0
this was so well written, the sentences so beautiful. her storytelling is amazing. although this took me ages to read, when I did read it I just wanted to keep reading. every chapter is its own little story of her early life, each one showing something about her and her community and her life as a young black girl in the south in the 1930s. full of the most well written concise but beautifully put lines, very honest, very awful to read at times, other times very hopeful and humorous. I just think this is a perfectly constructed book with each chapter being clearly a pivotal important moment in her growing up, big and small. she writes through her childhood self's voice so well, it captures her personality and everything so well. wonderful book!
susieq_falalala's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced