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I listened to the audiobook read by the author in her beautiful, regal, rich, melodious voice.
It was my second read (not sure when I read it for the first time; just that it was before 2000) and I was, once again, blown away by this master storyteller. I loved the way she created characters who were at once so modern in their self-conceptions that they were easy to relate to and yet so of their historic moment that the reader was transported back to post-slavery Ohio. For me, the power in this ...more
It was my second read (not sure when I read it for the first time; just that it was before 2000) and I was, once again, blown away by this master storyteller. I loved the way she created characters who were at once so modern in their self-conceptions that they were easy to relate to and yet so of their historic moment that the reader was transported back to post-slavery Ohio. For me, the power in this ...more
FAVORITE LINE: "To get to a place where you could love anything you chose - not to need permission for desire - well now, that was freedom."
FAVORITE FORESHADOWING SCENE: Three characters, walking from a carnival (I think), their shadows linked. ...more
FAVORITE FORESHADOWING SCENE: Three characters, walking from a carnival (I think), their shadows linked. ...more
I was reading casually, but I gathered pretty early on that I didn't understand a big part of what was happening in the book. It'll likely get another chance sometime in the future, but I'll have some Spark Notes or something nearby to help me grasp the deeper parts.
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