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Jacqueline Woodson shares her growing up years, years that are filled with the small and large agonies and ecstasies of childhood, all told in beautiful poetry.
Over and over, Woodson shares how much she longs to grow up and be a writer.
Oh, Jacqueline, how happy I am that you did.
Over and over, Woodson shares how much she longs to grow up and be a writer.
Oh, Jacqueline, how happy I am that you did.
Woodson certainly has a way with words. Even though her verse in this memoir is simple, she captures what it was like to grow up as a young Black girl in the South during the Civil Rights Movement in an incredibly insightful way. I love the rhythm and reflection she creates in her writing; I am so lulled by her verse. Woodson intensely focuses on her family members and her growing relationships with them. She distills the advice she gets from them (particularly her grandfather) about navigating
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