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Book Review of Mama Flora's Family

Mama Flora's Family
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I really liked this book. It follows a family from the time of slaverly through the turbulent times of the 1960s.

(from dust jacket--"In the tradition of Roots and Queen, Mama Flora's Family is a sweeping epic of contemporary American history, culled from the unpublished works of award-winning writer Alex Haley. It is the poignant story of three generations of an African-American family who start out as destitute sharecroppers in Tennessee.")