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J. California Cooper

Start date: June 1, 2017

Finish date: June 30, 2017

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Apr 17, 2017 Mariah Roze rated it it was amazing

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I read this book for the Goodreads' book club Diversity in All Forms! If you would like to join or check out the discussion on this book here is the link: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

I am so glad that J. California Cooper was our voted on author because her work is amazing and I would have never been introduced to it otherwise.

This book takes place right before the Civil War. This book is about a woman named Always, born a slave, and her four generations of her African-American fami ...more

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May 18, 2018 Maya B rated it really liked it

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One of those books that you have to read at least once. I wasn't sure at first, but after a while I began to enjoy reading it from the dead mother's point of view. This book would make a great discussion. I may try the audio version in the future ...more

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