This book was very easy to read. It was written very well and drew me in to the stories. I found it to be a kind of history of African Americans from slave days to current. It was kind of sad how much oppression there still is for the African American community in these stories.
There are 12 stories in this book. Some of them seem to follow off the others and others do not. I enjoyed all of the stories but Slave Auction, The House Down the Dirt Lane and Aunt Luella’s House had the most impact on me.
Slave auction is about a slave mother and her 4 year old son who are sold at auction. They are sold to different owners and separated. It was a well written story that was hard to read for me. When I was hurt, my son was two and while I was in the hospital for a month and a half he was only allowed to see me a few times. That was very hard.
The House Down the Dirt lane is about a soldier who had PTSD after coming back from war. The bosses at my work are still trying to say that I have PTSD after my accident. It is very frustrating.
Aunt Luella’s House was very interesting to me. I know about the violence African Americans face but the death in this story seemed to be for nothing. That bothered me.
I am not African American but I found this book to be very good and it helped me understand more how they might feel. A very good book.
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