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Carolina Comfort
Dodd, Karen E.
98 pages, Paperback
First published May 1, 2000
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July 16, 2016
This is an autobiography about growing up in east central North Carolina in the 1950s through 1960s. Each reminiscing consists of two to three pages describing the author’s life growing up before segregation, interstate highways, and the commercial influence of the internet.
Ms. Dodd is a good literary writer. I enjoyed many of the chapters such as Affirmative Action about segregation, Miss America when the pageant was something little girls waited all year to see, and We Need Bridge Openings just to take a rest. The details she provided brought me, the reader, into the life she once had.
Critics can certainly point out how the author omitted the social issues of the times. However, this was a chance for reflection on what was happening in a time when life was simpler and slower. I hear from many people, black and white, who were children in the late 1950s to 1960s. They look around the intensity of life now and wish for that time over fifty years ago.
P.S. I bought this book at the Next Chapter bookstore in New Bern, NC. They have a lot of very good talented local authors.
Ms. Dodd is a good literary writer. I enjoyed many of the chapters such as Affirmative Action about segregation, Miss America when the pageant was something little girls waited all year to see, and We Need Bridge Openings just to take a rest. The details she provided brought me, the reader, into the life she once had.
Critics can certainly point out how the author omitted the social issues of the times. However, this was a chance for reflection on what was happening in a time when life was simpler and slower. I hear from many people, black and white, who were children in the late 1950s to 1960s. They look around the intensity of life now and wish for that time over fifty years ago.
P.S. I bought this book at the Next Chapter bookstore in New Bern, NC. They have a lot of very good talented local authors.
April 20, 2009
This book reminded me of when I was a child and the many things we did with my grandparents!
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