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This would be 3 and a half stars, but a nudge higher because it was a debut novel.
I wanted to drink a tall glass of lemonade and rock in a chair on a porch while reading this. The author took me so clearly to a time and a place that I felt like I was there with her.
Race relations have been in the news lately, with the election of Obama hinting at a shift in the air. This novel is set in post-Civil Rights Act pre-MLKjr. assassination south, and race, religion, and family are important pieces to t ...more
I wanted to drink a tall glass of lemonade and rock in a chair on a porch while reading this. The author took me so clearly to a time and a place that I felt like I was there with her.
Race relations have been in the news lately, with the election of Obama hinting at a shift in the air. This novel is set in post-Civil Rights Act pre-MLKjr. assassination south, and race, religion, and family are important pieces to t ...more
This book is very much something that I would normally not read but my roommate read it and loved it so I decided to borrow the book from a friend. There's something about this book that made me want to keep reading. I loved the characters and the author's wonderful conversational tone in writing. Though aspects of the book weren't that realistic, like the three independent black women who lived in the south and ran their own business, it was very easy to look past that and enjoy the story for w
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It's a good book...I remember it being good when I read the first time. It isn't the greatest book I've ever read though. It's a typical coming-of-age story, reminds me a lot of (can you guess what I'm going to say?) To Kill a Mockingbird with a little bit of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn and Cold Sassy Tree thrown in for good measure. It's not a waste of time read though, I definitely like it.
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I'd heard a lot about this book, mostly good. I liked it a lot overall. I think the motherless-southern-girl-coming-of-age thing is a bit overdone in literature, but there were some interesting twists here that kept it fresh.
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I liked it. I think the author must have had an interesting Catholic background.
Jul 26, 2010
DV
marked it as to-read
Jul 15, 2011
Mom2jngncna~ Stephannie
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Jul 18, 2011
erin
marked it as never-finished
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Rebekah
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