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Jun 17, 2014
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3.5***
Starla is a nine-year-old spitfire. Her Momma, left to become a famous singer when Starla was just three years old and her Daddy works on an oil rig out in the Gulf of Mexico, so Starla lives with her strict grandmother, Mamie. After being put on restriction yet again, Starla decides she’s going to go to Nashville and find her Momma. Then her Daddy can come live with them there and they’ll be a family. On the outskirts of town, she accepts a ride from Eula, a black woman driving a dilapida ...more
Starla is a nine-year-old spitfire. Her Momma, left to become a famous singer when Starla was just three years old and her Daddy works on an oil rig out in the Gulf of Mexico, so Starla lives with her strict grandmother, Mamie. After being put on restriction yet again, Starla decides she’s going to go to Nashville and find her Momma. Then her Daddy can come live with them there and they’ll be a family. On the outskirts of town, she accepts a ride from Eula, a black woman driving a dilapida ...more
4.5 stars
Enjoyable coming of age story following a little Anglo American girl who runs away and befriends a young African American woman. The author does not shy away from depicting the Jim Crowe era South as it was in the early 1960’s. Overall a well crafted story about what it means to be friends and family.
Enjoyable coming of age story following a little Anglo American girl who runs away and befriends a young African American woman. The author does not shy away from depicting the Jim Crowe era South as it was in the early 1960’s. Overall a well crafted story about what it means to be friends and family.
Beautiful language. The author's descriptions made me feel the emotion or transported me to the place. Told in the voice of a 9-year old child with an absent father and a mother who abandoned her. Starla lives with a resentful grandmother who rarely misses an opportunity to punish her in some way. She runs away on the 4th of July heading to Nashville in search of her mother and the dream of a happy family. She finds danger and courage, disappointment and acceptance, heartbreak and unconditional
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3.5 stars down to 3 stars, I just realized thar I didn't review this and although I enjoyed this while I was reading it, I unfortunately don't remember too many of the details, after little over a week after finishing it..
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Enjoyed this book, though quite different from most of the reading I have been doing of late. So many great sayings throughout the book. Made me laugh at times but also made me stop and think how much times have changed but also how much further we still have to go for pure equality.
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