Michael M. (mcwong) reviewed on 4/26/2010 + 7 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 2

What a charming book! And a fresh perspective, too.

Blanche is a black single mother who works as a domestic in the South. Her adventures are interesting, mainly because Barbara Neely is a wonderful writer -- This is one of those stories where the plot proceeds slowly, and it's not really clear you're in a murder mystery per se, because there's not much murdering and sleuthing -- but you don't care because the writing is so good, Blanche is such an interesting person, the life she lives and her views as a black domestic in a white world is so different from my own, that I could not put this book down, and didn't want to.

I have got to see if I can get my hands on what else Ms Neely has written. I want to enjoy her writing again.

mac mccarthy

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