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Brown Girl Dreaming

Jacqueline Woodson

Start date: October 1, 2018

Finish date: October 31, 2018

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Why we're reading this: October's theme/topic is Autobiography/biography.

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Jan 02, 2015 Maggie rated it it was amazing

Shelves: read-2015

Did I enjoy it? Yes! I like it so much more than I was expecting? I mean, I'm not usually much of a poetry person. I like poems, but I'm not the type of person who just picks up a book of poetry and reads it cover to cover. That being said, this book was more than a collection of poems. It was a free verse memoir, and the flow of the words is lovely. The language really brought Woodson's story of her life to, well, life.
Would I read it again? Yes
Who would I recommend it to? Everyone. I don't kno ...more

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Feb 23, 2015 Melissa Rochelle rated it it was amazing

Shelves: ebook, read-2015, library, memoir-biography

I'm not sure I have words for how much I enjoyed this book. I've been hearing about it for months, but it didn't seem like a book I would be interested in. I'm not a huge fan of nonfiction and I don't read a lot of memoirs. I especially don't read books written in verse (but I only found out about that once I started reading).

But! Sometimes it's good to branch out and I'm so glad I did. I gobbled up Woodson's beautiful words and inspiring story. Her words brought the people and places to life. ...more

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Jan 24, 2017 Marilyn Diamond rated it it was amazing

Set in prose, from Ohio, NY and SC. Living in SC while a Native from NY. I understood family, love and relationships. Who would name there daughter Jack? Dad was insistent from birth. Perhaps he wanted a strong son. Having your name represents who you are. My mother struggled with the Lyns. Marilyn, Gwendolyn, Carolyn and Jacquelyn so I identified with having the right name from birth. And Jacquelyn it was.. Born in a time of civil war, Vietnam, and uncertainty but from love.

This narrative tell ...more

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