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The Darkest Child
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The Darkest Child: December HF read
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I will be lurking. I read this book many years ago. I will be interested in what others think reading this book now.
I read this many years ago as well. Really enjoyed the writing. I will look on my shelf to see if I can find it.
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I've read this a while ago as well. lol
I'll see if I can get a copy - I'm keen to join but may be late!
kisha wrote: "Londa and Beverly have read EVERYTHING!!! lol I can't wait to get on your level :)"LOL - I am a new release junkie that likes to read books when they are first released.
While I have not read everything - I do read more current releases than older books.
Beverly wrote: "kisha wrote: "Londa and Beverly have read EVERYTHING!!! lol I can't wait to get on your level :)"LOL - I am a new release junkie that likes to read books when they are first released.
While I ha..."
Lately I find myself doing the same thing. lol
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This looks like a great book, one I want to read and would love to read with a group, but it's not in my library or bookstore so I'd need to order online. That's ok, I'm happy to order, but I didn't think I would have time to both get the book and participate in the conversation. I'm wondering if "availability" should be one factor people consider when nominating and/or voting for books? It's what prevented me from participating this time.
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Hey there. Well our group reads are pretty relaxed. You can pop in anytime that you want so that is never anything you have to worry about. spoiler alerts will probably be the main issue.
Sorry for the delay kisha! I've been busy and had some health issues, but I'm mid way through this book at the moment. I'm finding it compelling :-)
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Rozelle Quinn is so fair-skinned that she can pass for white. Her ten children are mostly light, too. They constitute the only world she rules and controls. Her power over them is all she has in an otherwise cruel and uncaring universe.
Rozelle favors her light-skinned kids, but Tangy Mae, 13, her darkest-complected child, is the brightest. She desperately wants to continue with her education. Her mother, however, has other plans. Rozelle wants her daughter to work cleaning houses for whites, like she does, and accompany her to the “Farmhouse,” where Rozelle earns extra money bedding men. Tangy Mae, she’s decided, is of age.
This is the story from an era when life’s possibilities for an African-American were unimaginably different.
Delores Phillips was born in Bartow County, Georgia in 1950, the second of four children. She graduated from Cleveland State University with a bachelor of arts in English and works as a nurse at a state psychiatric hospital. Her work has appeared in Jean’s Journal, Black Times, and The Crisis. She has lived in Cleveland, Ohio since 1964.
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