Yvonne Battle-Felton
Autore di Remembered
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Fonte dell'immagine: Ian Robinson, photographer
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Informazioni generali
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Pennsylvania, USA
- Istruzione
- Lancaster University (PhD|creative writing)
Johns Hopkins University - Agente
- Elise Dillsworth
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 2
- Opere correlate
- 1
- Utenti
- 85
- Popolarità
- #214,931
- Voto
- 3.4
- Recensioni
- 2
- ISBN
- 14
- Preferito da
- 1
This book was confusing, in both the description and the plot. The synopsis described a mother watching over her dying son in 1910 Philadelphia. Yet in reality it spanned the period of the American Civil War and slavery, with very little relating to Philadelphia or 1910. Whilst I expected a plot built around racial tensions, the facts of the historical account recounted by the mother did not tie into the ‘current day’ events of 1910 Philadelphia. Obviously, the prejudices and hatred still existed, but they were separate stories that did not gel.
Being under 300 pages, this was a short book, but there were far too many characters who appeared and then disappeared without much input. Deaths or disappearances were not expanded upon nor fully explained, and the pace was not consistent. This constant change of character and side-story did little to hold my attention. I’ve read many books (fiction and non-fiction alike) based on the barbarities of white privilege and am always left ashamed, embarrassed and angry. Yet this did not hit the nerve in the way it should have, which was disheartening.… (altro)