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Book Review of Slaves in the Family

Slaves in the Family
Slaves in the Family
Author: Edward Ball
Genre: Biographies & Memoirs
Book Type: Paperback
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Helpful Score: 3


Thorough, thought-provoking and compelling story about appearance versus reality. Though I read it when it first came out I remember the honesty of the author. I kept wondering how those on both sides of the family would respond to the public knowing what happened. Would there be shame? Humiliation? Denial? Would the truth set them free? Would reconciliation come about for others beside the author? Of course, this is the pink elephant that no one wants to talk about in the south in particular.
I hope the author will one day choose to enlighten us where this journey took him in life.