Nancy L. (NancyAZ) reviewed on 6/6/2017 + 95 more book reviews

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The story is told from six different viewpoints during post WWII in 1946 and it is set in Mississippi. It tells the story of the complex relations between a black family who farms the land and the white landowner and his family. It covers a plethora of topics, from racial inequality, prejudice, post traumatic stress syndrome, and the unlikely friendship of two soldiers returning from the war, one being white and the other black. It is a well-paced and well-told story, albeit a gut wrenching one. It does serve to remind us how far we have come as a society and at what costs it has taken to get there.

I enjoyed this book but once finished I felt like I really hadn't read anything all that new. Maybe I've read too many books covering this subject and time frame. It was good but not outstanding.

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