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Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
Having Our Say The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
Author: Sarah Louise Delany, A. Elizabeth Delany, Sarah Delany, Annie Elizabeth Delany, Amy Hill Hearth
"When you get real old, honey," says Bessie Delany, "you lay it all on the table. There's an old saying: Only little children and old folks tell the truth." In Having Our Say Bessie, age 101, and her sister Sadie, age 103, do just that-and then some. — Filled with humorous and poignant anecdotes, this inspiring dual memoir...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9781568360102
ISBN-10: 156836010X
Publication Date: 7/8/1997
Pages: 210
Rating:
  • Currently 4.3/5 Stars.
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4.3 stars, based on 50 ratings
Publisher: Kodansha America
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette
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 reviewed Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years on + 59 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
This book is a WONDERFUL look into the lives and times of 2 remarkable women. My teenage son and I both enjoyed this immensely. We listened to the audio and watched the movie. Now I'm requesting the book. These ladies are wise, witty and have earned the right to "have their say".
JiminyCricket avatar reviewed Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years on + 150 more book reviews
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This is an awesome book about two sisters, very enlightening, informative and funny.
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Very fun to read. These ladies are feisty and speak their minds. The history is very interesting!
reviewed Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years on + 28 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Wonderful, inspiring and an easy read with complicated ideas to dwell on. I chose this book for our bookclub as well.

the book is arranged in decades. For the ones I lived in, I appreciated the sister's point of view and experiences. I found myself nodding in agreement. For the ones that my parents lived through, it provided insight.
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 reviewed Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years on + 48 more book reviews
I have not read this book. It is a play adapted from the book "Having Our Say" by the Delany sisters. I ordered it by mistake.
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reviewed Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years on
I read this book several years ago, for a college English class. I was really moved by it. Even though most women get married and have children at least once in their life time. It appears these two were meant to live their lives other wise. I reordered it for a women that recently passed through my life for a brief period of time. She is in her sixty and about to retire from work. As she shared stories of her and her younger sister with me. I could see a lot of Sadie and Betsy in the two. So I gave the book to her as a retirement gift to read and then share with her sister to read. They both have lived together all their lives and she has never married or had children. I just hope it will bring her and her sister even closer in their own lives. I give it all five stars.
lylasgrannie avatar reviewed Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years on + 12 more book reviews
this is a wonderful story written by two very elderly sisters who were born slaves and ended up roommates and best friends. It is a duel auto biography.
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Insightful information from two fiesty sisters


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