Long Distance Life: The Moving Saga of an African-American Family, from the Great Migration North to the Urban Nightmare of Today

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THIS BOOK IS FANTASTIC. WHY? BECAUSE ITS A THOUGHT PROVOKING NOVEL. IF YOU ENJOY A GOOD READ, WITH AN HONEST LOOK AT AN AFRICAN AMERICAN FAMILY, THEN THIS ONE IS IT. WE (AS A PEOPLE) SOMETIMES COMPAIN ABOUT THE NEGATIVE IMAGES THAT ARE PORTRAYED ABOUT US. WELL IN MY OPINION THE VOICE OF THIS NOVEL IS ACCURATE AND JUST. THIS IS A VERY WELL WRITTEN BOOK. PICK IT UP AND SEE FOR YOURSELF…..

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I LOVE the way this lady writes. Someone passed me her most recent hardcover(I read alot, but had not even heard of this author). It affected me so deeply, that I ordered her entire backlist. Her characters are so well-drawn out (they are literally “fleshed out”) and so real, her tales of ordinary life (which easily engages the reader in a world which can be related to)and her observations so stirring and poignant, that she gives the reader of each of her stories with many verbal gifts. “Affecting” is an understatement. “Long Distance Life” starts at the present and then goes backward in time, eventually ending again with the present. It is about one woman who bravely leaves her home and husband in the South, in search of herself and a life without such narrow confines. She establishes her own business, marries and gives birth to a daughter. Her daughter grows up, has a baby with a married man, and then eventually leaves her home and child to join the Civil Rights Movement and to find her own purpose. To reveal any more of this story would be unfair because the writing is simply so beautiful,it must be experienced. This author is a real gift!