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According to the reviews, people either tend to love or hate this book. I can happily say I thoroughly enjoyed it!
"A man ain't nothing but a man,' said Baby Suggs. 'But a son? Well now, that's somebody.”
'Grown don't mean nothing to a mother. A child is a child. They get bigger, older, but grown? In my heart it don't mean a thing.'
'They were not holding hands, but their shadows were'
'She smiled then and Denver's heart stopped bouncing and sat down-relieved and easeful like a traveler who had ma ...more
"A man ain't nothing but a man,' said Baby Suggs. 'But a son? Well now, that's somebody.”
'Grown don't mean nothing to a mother. A child is a child. They get bigger, older, but grown? In my heart it don't mean a thing.'
'They were not holding hands, but their shadows were'
'She smiled then and Denver's heart stopped bouncing and sat down-relieved and easeful like a traveler who had ma ...more
this is a pretty dense read, but it's a great example of american magic realism. it's raw and real, but at the same time the fantasy elements are perfectly woven in. it doesn't read at all as if it's trying to be magic realism or trying to be anything. it simply is a tight story.
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