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Out of the Night That Covers Me
Out of the Night That Covers Me
Author: Pat Cunningham Devoto
An orphaned white boy and an eccentric black man forge an unlikely friendship in the segregated world of 1950s Alabama. The boy, John, whose beloved mother has died, now faces a loveless future with his alcoholic uncle on a sharecropper's farm in the Alabama Black Belt-an abusive life he soon dreams of escaping. The black man, Tuway, works by da...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780446527514
ISBN-10: 0446527513
Publication Date: 1/2001
Pages: 416
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Publisher: Warner Books
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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I loved the Secret Life of Bees and was told if I liked that book, I'd like this one, too. I really enjoyed this well written book. Out of the Night That Covers Me takes you to a different place and time through the eyes of a young boy taken totally out of his element and follows him through his journey to find a place he truly belongs and in doing so, finds himself.
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How I loved this novel--Let me count the ways. There are so many reasons. I loved this author, I wish there were a series for this story as i didn't want it to end. The story line was so different and i wanted to be part of this disjointed - so called family, i loved them so much. This is such a "heart jerker". I cheered, I cussed--yup--cussed, and even found myself praying that such hatered in this world could stop, and i boo hooed--no sobbed is more like it, at the end and yet I haven't had enough--i want more of this story.
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loverofnature2008 avatar reviewed Out of the Night That Covers Me on + 11 more book reviews
I took a chance on this book, as I included it in my 2009 Reading Challenge. Once again I felt I did good by choosing this book. It grabbed me from the first page and kept me going till the end. The book takes you to a time in history when the African America people were coming from being slaves to raising their own crops. Still though, it shows that we as Americans aren't over the period of slavery even after the the slavery era was supposed to be done with. It's a good book for a light read.
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It's the 1950's, and, after the death of his beloved mother, an eight year old white boy is thrust into a life he's never known - working long hours in the fields for his violent, alcoholic uncle. He learns to identify with the struggles of the poor black people that he encounters. Powerful story telling of lost innocence, prejudice and the secret corners of a child's heart.


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