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A carregar... Coleman Hillpor Kim Coleman Foote
   Nenhum(a) Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro.   ) ccayne | Jun 19, 2024 |  I was offered the opportunity to read this novel because I had enjoyed Black Cake. Let me warn you not to make the same mistake I did – this is not anything like Black Cake. And even though it does give insight as to what Black people have endured in America (racism, sexism, violence, poverty, abuse), you would also learn these facts by reading The Violin Conspiracy, The Invention of Wings, The Help, The Vanishing Half as well as Black Cake - and I rated all of these 5 stars. Coleman Hill is a depressing, unrelenting, violent story inspired by the author’s own family legend, historical record, and avid imagination. The book is labeled a “biomythography” – a word coined by the late writer Audre Lorde. Combining family stories, records, and memories, the story is told in the voices of two friends, going back and forth in time, beginning in 1916. There were many characters to keep track of and whether young or old, male or female, mother, father, or child, they all seemed to be stuck in the life of physical, mental and sexual abuse, violence, hunger, alcoholism, and selfish hatred. I gave myself permission to stop at 50%, as it was just perpetually violent, miserable, wretched and without hope. (  ) PhyllisReads | Jan 14, 2024 | Author: Coleman Foote Publisher: Zando Projects, SJP Lit Reviewed By: Arlena Dean Rating: Four Review: "Coleman Hill" by Coleman Foote My Sentiments: 'Coleman Hill' was quite an interesting, emotionally powerful story that will keep one's attention until the end. It happens around the 1920s through the late 1980s. What will happen when these two families move north during the Great Migration, which went through over three generations that dealt with the story of Celia and Lucy [marriages, children & grandchildren]. as they settled in New Jersey? This author, Coleman Foote, a biomythography, gives the reader quite a story from complex friendships, some joys, racism, Jim Crow, alcoholism, abuse, domestic violence, lack of education, poverty, infidelities, intergenerational trauma, child neglect, sexism, love, betrayal, death, and forgiveness. And I don't want to leave out: a lot of what these people came from..."brutal slavery, Ku Klux Klan raping and lynching, misogyny, senseless assault, police brutality, redlining, and endless egregious and ingenious forms of segregation and subjugation." Now, I will say this read may not be for everyone. I will also tell you that you must have a good stomach for what happened in our country then. Yes, some of this happened! One may wonder, did these people get a better life after moving north? This is where I say, pick up "Coleman Hill" to see what happens. We are presented with each chapter telling what happens in their family. One character, in particular, was Bertha... whom I felt sorry for in how she was treated. You must pick up this read to see how it all comes together. The author also gives the readers bleak pictures of the various families of the family members being spoken of in the chapter that is presented at the beginning of each chapter. Be ready for many attractive characters in the large multi-generational family, so you will have to keep up with this story that will have a lot of facts mixed with fiction. At times, this was a difficult read in what was being presented. The story brings in historical events and figures...' the Great Migration, Civil Rights Movement, Vietnam War, and Martin Luther King Jr.,' which brings out the realness in how this author presented the story to the reader, as it is a mix of fiction and history. Thank you, Net Gallery/Kim Coleman/Zando Project, SJP Lit/, for this eArc in advance for my honest review. (  ) arlenadean | Sep 1, 2023 | sem críticas | adicionar uma crítica
Fiction.
African American Fiction.
Literature.
Historical Fiction.
HTML:Coleman Hill is the exhilarating story of two American families whose fates become intertwined in the wake of the Great Migration. Braiding fact and fiction, it is a remarkable, character-rich tour de force exploring the ties that bind three generations. In 1916, Celia Coleman and Lucy Grimes flee the racism and poverty of their homes in the post??Civil War South for the "Promised Land" of the North. But soon they learn that even in Vauxhall, New Jersey, black women are mainly hired for domestic work, money is scarce, children don't progress in school, and black men die young. Within a few short years, both women's husbands are dead. Left to navigate this unwelcoming place alone, Celia and Lucy turn to one another for support in raising their children far from home. They become one another's closest confidantes and, encouraged by their mothers' friendship, their children's lives become enmeshed as well. However, with this closeness comes complication. As the children grow into adolescence, two are caught in an impulsive act of impropriety, and Celia and Lucy find themselves at irreconcilable odds over who's to blame. The ensuing fallout has dire consequences that reverberate through the next two generations of their families. A stunning biomythography??a word coined by the late great writer Audre Lorde??Coleman Hill draws from the author's own family legend, historical record, and fervent imagination to create an unforgettable new Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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