J. Merwin answers “The book sounds intriguing. Is there...”

A Goodreads user asked this question about Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood:

The book sounds intriguing. Is there anything in it that might make it inappropriate for a mainline church library that does not limit itself to books on religion?

J. Merwin An amazingly detailed account of life for a young 'colored' boy and his Mom in Apartheid South Africa told with much wisdom and humor, I learned so mu…moreAn amazingly detailed account of life for a young 'colored' boy and his Mom in Apartheid South Africa told with much wisdom and humor, I learned so much about the everyday of racism, how his Mom worked around it. No holds barred, (a little scatalogical in one chapter, some violence.) He was a good boy but a little terror. Worth reading for his insights into life and what his very Christian Mom taught him about how to handle a brutal world...(less)

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