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Libertie by Kaitlyn Greenidge
“I saw my mother raise a man from the dead. It still didn’t help him much, my love, she told me. But I saw her do it all the same. That’s how I knew she was magic.” I was hooked by Libertie’s opening paragraph. Set during and after the American Civil War Kaitlyn…
1860s, 1870s, 19TH CENTURY, 1st pov, Adult, America, American, AMERICAN AUTHOR, Black & Black heritage authors, CHILDHOOD, colonialism, colorism, coming of age, cultural dissonance, doctors, drama, f/f side, female authors, feminism, friendships, GRIEF, growing up, HAITI, HISTORICAL FICTION, identity, illness, Kaitlyn Greenidge, lgbtq+ side, Libertie, LITERARY FICTION, loneliness, Longing, MARRIAGE, mothers & daughters, music, published in 2021, queer side characters, RACE, read in 2021, slavery, social issues, UNIVERSITY/COLLEGE -
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton — book review
“I mean: how shall I explain? I—it’s always so. Each time you happen to me all over again.” A few months ago I read Edith Wharton’s novella, Summer. Although I thought its obliqueness to be rather fascinating, I was frustrated by its relatively short length, and thought that the characters would have benefitted from having…
1870s, 19TH CENTURY, 4 STARS, affairs, AMERICAN AUTHOR, american classics, aristocracy, beautiful prose, class, CLASSICS, Countess Ellen Olenska, Edith Wharton, favourite authors, female authors, gilded age, MARRIAGE, May Welland, NEW YORK, Newland Archer, psychological, published in 1920, pulitzer prize winners, READ IN 2019, ROMANCE, satire, SOCIAL COMMENTARY, The Age of Innocence
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