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I always have this conflicting feeling of Oprah's book club choices. This book is not an exception. I actually wanted to like it more - it's an interesting (and quite uncommon) topic of African American families from the South who moved to the North, only to find out that the challenges were still there, sometimes even worse than their previous lives.
Each chapter of this book told a story of one or two of Hattie's children. It's an interesting concept because Hattie had a lot of kids with their ...more
Each chapter of this book told a story of one or two of Hattie's children. It's an interesting concept because Hattie had a lot of kids with their ...more

This book just didn't seem to do it for me. I don't think there was much about the "Great Migration" as was touted in the blurb. The characters didn't seem to be all that connected to each other, even though they were all part of one family. Each character, each story just seemed ok as a stand-alone (and since Mathis said the book started as individual short stories that makes sense), but really stretch the boundaries of my belief in a lot of ways. (My favorite chapter was the one with Bell.) Al
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It was a great read.Each chapter was about a different person,very descriptive.I think Hattie did love her children,but was disappointed by life and her circumstances.She was so worried about feeding and taking care of her children,that she couldn't show them the love that she had for them.Unfortunately,they became messed up adults as a consequence.
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