I read the authors interview in the back, where I learned that from idea to final draft this book took 18 years to write. What a masterpiece!
I really hated the parents of this story from the beginning, but I suppose that were were supposed to hate them. The problem is that they were just human and we do tend to judge the racism of the 50s and 60s or whatever era, and think I am so much better than those white people and the choices they make. I wonder given the same circumstances if I would have been Jubie or the Mother, Paula. The book was so well done, that you knew really you would never be a Jubie ever ever ever.
When I started reading I did wonder how this story is going to fill all these pages. What the author did is alternate with past stories and the present tragedy. So you get some background into the family, which doesnt really make you like the parents more, probably even less.
Push this book to the top of your TBR. Mine sat for a year on my bookshelf. Sad mistake.
I really hated the parents of this story from the beginning, but I suppose that were were supposed to hate them. The problem is that they were just human and we do tend to judge the racism of the 50s and 60s or whatever era, and think I am so much better than those white people and the choices they make. I wonder given the same circumstances if I would have been Jubie or the Mother, Paula. The book was so well done, that you knew really you would never be a Jubie ever ever ever.
When I started reading I did wonder how this story is going to fill all these pages. What the author did is alternate with past stories and the present tragedy. So you get some background into the family, which doesnt really make you like the parents more, probably even less.
Push this book to the top of your TBR. Mine sat for a year on my bookshelf. Sad mistake.
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