Michelle M. (jade19721) reviewed on 4/26/2013 + 115 more book reviews

If you are looking for a bit of excitement in this book, keep on looking. There is nothing shocking, tale twisting, or page turning about this book. If you wanted to turn a textbook into something a little more grabbing that this would be the answer. It tells you everything you wanted to know about the era it was written in by the point of view of 5 different characters. Leta the mother, Albert the father, Virgie the older daughter, Tess the other daughter, and their son Jack. The story starts off in the late 20's and thirties during the great depression. The family lives in Carbon Hill, Alabama in a coal mining town and they deal with racism and teh struggle of trying to make enough money to keep the everyone fed. It's not bad for a first try of writing a book.

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