![]() i may not have connected so much with this book if not for her reading of it. the number of accents and voices she brings to life is incredible. The audio is voiced by robin miles and holy shit she is amazing. Freeness up in here and nobody even have to know you get free but you.'" ![]() You see this? Every time you open this you get free. ![]() "'Make me tell you something else 'bout reading. "Some white man jaw drop with outrage but sooner or later a black apple pass by and they can't resist." i have to admit that i don't often like stories with main female characters or voices written by men, but james really does something remarkable here. and of the narration - it's in dialect, which also makes this hard to read, although of course that gets easier as you go on. (there's no reason to further traumatize people of color, who already intimately know this history.) the narrator's voice is such a strong one to bring us this history. at times it's really hard to bear, but it's so important to voice this history and this truth, and for white people to listen and hold it. ![]() There is so much detail of the violence (physical and sexual) that goes on. (for example, the quilt of scars (from whipping) on the backs of homer and lilith.) ![]() some of the language used to describe such atrocities is strangely beautiful. There are so many strong women in this, in their individuality, in their sisterhood, in their strength. i wish i had time to read it slowly, because i'm sure i missed stuff there are so many layers and there is so much going on here. ![]()
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