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Chrissie made a comment in the group Memoirs and Biographies We LoveWhat'cha readin'? topic
"Michael, have you read Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage?"
Chrissie rated a book 3 of 5 stars
Some Sing, Some Cry by Ntozake Shange
Some Sing, Some Cry
by Ntozake Shange
recommended to Chrissie by: Lynne
read in May, 2013
ETA: Lizzie, to me, appears to be inspired by the real person Josephine Baker. You can find her at Wiki!

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This book follows seven generations of a Black-American family AND Black-American music AND American history from slavery, the...more
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""Travels with Charley" was great!

I do think "Some Sing, Some Cry" benefits from the audio-format! There is a conversation with the authors at the end...more
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Chrissie made a comment in the group AudiobooksMay 2013 topic
"David, was it The Book of Night Women? That too was well done."
Chrissie made a comment on her review of Endurance
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"I will let you kn ow how I react!"
Chrissie made a comment in the group Around the World (in 52 Books)Chrissie's Books 2013 topic
"I just finished Some Sing, Some Cry by Ntozake Shange.It is a book of historical fiction about Black-American history and music, following seven gener...more "
Chrissie is currently reading
Endurance by Alfred Lansing
Endurance
by Alfred Lansing
recommended to Chrissie by: Maude
Chrissie wants to read
Keeping Hope Alive by Hawa Abdi
Another one narrated by Robin Miles. :0)
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Mahatma Gandhi
“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
Mahatma Gandhi

Winston Churchill
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”
Winston Churchill

Robert A. Heinlein
“Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.”
Robert A. Heinlein

Katherine Anne Porter
“Don't you love being alive?" asked Miranda. "Don't you love weather and the colors at different times of the day, and all the sounds and noises like children screaming in the next lot, and automobile horns and little bands playing in the street and the smell of food cooking?"
"I love to swim, too." said Adam.
"So do I," said Miranda, "we never did swim together.”
Katherine Anne Porter, Pale Horse, Pale Rider

Søren Kierkegaard
“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.”
Søren Kierkegaard

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