Chesapeake Song

by Brenda Lane Richardson

Her thirteen-year marriage troubled by hurt and doubts, Tamra Lane embarks on a spiritual journey into her past and draws strength from the experiences of her mother and grandmother. Reprint.

Paperback

First published December 8, 1993

Reviews

[Judy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Her thirteen-year marriage troubled by hurt and doubts, Tamra Lane embarks on a spiritual journey into her past and draws strength from the experiences of her mother and grandmother.

Although I felt this book started slowly, I grew more and more drawn into the story. It is a love story that explores the paths our lives take based on our childhood, or heritage, or experiences. Tamra loves her husband. She loves her children. How then can she walk away in search for herself. Ms. Richardson uses flashbacks to explore Tamra's life in Nanticoke Maryland, her family relationships and the consequences of her life and her relationships. The story involves love, marriage, family obligations, careers, substance abuse, life and death. It is a story worth exploring and I was happy with the ending. It's just life after all.

[K. Dillard · Rating 4 out of 5]

Chesapeake Song started off confusing and "old fashioned" for me, but as I began to read further in, I noticed the style of story-telling. The beginning of the book, Tamra is leaving her husband. Then it goes back into the past where you relive her life, understanding whom she is, how she got to where she is, where she was from, and everybody else. The book goes back and forth from generation to generation...current to back in time. It ended up being an ingenious way of story-telling, infused with African-American culture from yore and current. Toward the end, I was really dragged into this story and loved every moment of it.

[Dee Cherry · Rating 5 out of 5]

An enjoyable read...

[Pat · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lovely story of 2/3 generations of African Americans on Eastern Shore.
Beautifully written.