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4.5 stars
Excellent. I love Jacqueline Woodson's books for children and this book for adults (teens would like it too) did not disappoint. Moving and heart-wrenching, the novel skillfully covers much ground in relatively few pages.
"Woodson frames each chapter from the point of view of a different character, and the result is a narrative about an individual family that takes on communal urgency and power. She shows her readers how elliptical and obsessive human memory is. The precarious dance bet ...more
Excellent. I love Jacqueline Woodson's books for children and this book for adults (teens would like it too) did not disappoint. Moving and heart-wrenching, the novel skillfully covers much ground in relatively few pages.
"Woodson frames each chapter from the point of view of a different character, and the result is a narrative about an individual family that takes on communal urgency and power. She shows her readers how elliptical and obsessive human memory is. The precarious dance bet ...more
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