Marianne S. (sfc95) - , reviewed on 12/8/2011 + 686 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 3

This is a very different read. It is highly emotional, with few characters that you can really root for and those few seem to have issues that cannot be helped due to the time period of the book, it makes you embarrassed for your ancestors and your hands are tied there too. It takes a little while to read because you need to reread a few passages to find out what is going on, I feel that the author allowed you to draw your own obvious conclusions, but to me that was different as most authors let you know exactly what is going on without drawing your own conclusions. It is a troubling book about a troublling time with troubled characters. the characters were well written, I feel like I know them, I have vivid pictures in my mind of each of them. This is not another The Help, this is its own individual book filled with emotion, it should be read by all.

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