Ebookwormy's review
Cold Sassy Tree
by Olive Ann Burns
Ebookwormy's review
Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns
Ebookwormy's review
rating:
bookshelves:
1-character-forming,
carp-500,
fiction
I had the first sentence of this review written before I read this book. It was "life was pretty good in the south after the Civil War as long as you weren't black or poor." Quite frankly I was in no mood to appreciate cultural racism.
But then I started reading, and I was captivated. The humor of the story and the joy of life of the characters gave the book a clean feel of a simpler time - and the enjoying feel of a great, grand ole yarn. Yet at the same time, running like a deep aquifier alongside a jolly racing river, themes about death (young, old, suicide are all covered), grieving, God, love gained and lost, abuse, depression and forgiveness are watering the story with a life that is penetrating to the soul. You might not notice, it though, for all the fun in the visible flow of stories.
It is a sad reality that "colored folk" are a part of the story and they are (true to life) pictured as a community apart that get the more servant-like jobs. However, t...more
But then I started reading, and I was captivated. The humor of the story and the joy of life of the characters gave the book a clean feel of a simpler time - and the enjoying feel of a great, grand ole yarn. Yet at the same time, running like a deep aquifier alongside a jolly racing river, themes about death (young, old, suicide are all covered), grieving, God, love gained and lost, abuse, depression and forgiveness are watering the story with a life that is penetrating to the soul. You might not notice, it though, for all the fun in the visible flow of stories.
It is a sad reality that "colored folk" are a part of the story and they are (true to life) pictured as a community apart that get the more servant-like jobs. However, t...more
