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A carregar... Year the Colored Sisters Came to Townpor Jacqueline Guidry
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Adira ao LibraryThing para descobrir se irá gostar deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. I struggled with it at the beginning, but by the end I really liked it. Tough subject. ( ) This was a touching and thought-provoking story. Guidry touches on the many prejudices and ingrained beliefs of small town Louisiana in 1957- from the boldest to the most subtle. The relationships and realities of the black and white citizens of that town are seen through the eyes of Vivien Leigh and her family and friends. Vivien Leigh is a lovable young girl who always finds a way to listen in on adult conversations. Unfortunately, this brings forth much information that her ten-year-old mind is not necessarily ready to handle. Aussie and Vivien's mother have been lifelong friends. The effect of the nuns' arrival on that friendship, and the friendship of Mavis and Marydale is realistic, yet heartbreaking. Equally heartbreaking are the results of the hatred of the Concerned Citizens and the KKK. I won't include spoilers. This book is, in my opinion, and accurate picture of the realities of black/ white relationships in the 1957 South. Read this book if.... *you love southern fiction *you have an interest in the racial issues of the South in the 1950's “The Year the Colored Sisters Came to Town” is one of those books that flows relatively monotone – no heart raising moments, no sharp turns, no twist or surprise to the story. (At least not to me) Instead, it just flows, filled with life as it is, interspersed with events to the inevitable. It’s smooth; it’s chronological – as viewed from 10 yr old Vivien Leigh – covering more or less 1 year. As each phase unfolds itself, the chapter name announces what is to come. Sometimes revealing; sometimes not. I find the friendship between Mom and Aussie buoyant, while “the lesson that must be learned” affecting. The short Epilogue provided important closure. (Please don’t read it first; enjoy the book as the author has intended.) The ‘Colored’ Sister Pat used two Langston Hughes poems to teach the 5th Graders, including Vivien Leigh. It might help you decide if you want to read this book. The Dream Keeper by Langston Hughes Bring me all of your dreams, You dreamers, Bring me all of your Heart melodies That I may wrap them In a blue cloud-cloth Away from the too-rough fingers Of the world Prayer [1] by Langston Hughes I ask you this: Which way to go? I ask you this: Which sin to bear? Which crown to put Upon my hair? I do not know, Lord God, I do not know. Vivien Leigh: Looked to me as if some days Mister Hughes, who was probably Catholic, was confused as me about where to go, what to do, which way was right and which not. sem críticas | adicionar uma crítica
Jacqueline Guidry's debut novel set in 1950s Louisiana was selected for the PEN/Faulkner Writers in Schools program and has been favorably compared to To Kill a Mockingbird. Ten-year-old Vivien Leigh wants more than anything to understand the adult world. But when two black nuns come to teach at her all-white Catholic elementary school, everything begins to change. She and her sister are suddenly exposed to the harsh realities of racial segregation. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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