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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
The story revolves around the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s and features a runaway girl, Starla, and her newly surrogate mother, Eula. As the story unfolds, through the narrative of Starla, we learn about the tragedies that both Eula and Starla have faced in their lives, together and apart. This connection of kindred spirits is the key element to the story. Eula and Starla come to age, learn to confront their demons, and find family where they least expect it, which allows them to finally f
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I really enjoyed this coming of age book set in Mississippi and Tennessee in the 1960s. It tells the story of nine year old Starla who is being raised by her strict grandmother while her father is away working on an oil rig in the gulf. Her mother has taken off to become a star and Starla ends up running away to find her mother. On her journey to find her mother she meets and befriends a black lady named Eula. Together, Starla and Eula experience things they never should have had to experience,
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Did not want to read this selection of my f2f book group- not my time period, not my topic. Struggled through the first half but eventually things began to click. A lot of bad things continue to happen but at least I began to relax a little. Came to care about several of the characters. In the end I liked it. Go figure.
Jul 17, 2014
Kris (My Novelesque Life)
marked it as to-read
Dec 26, 2014
Sharmon
marked it as to-read
Nov 24, 2023
Sarah Brown
marked it as to-read
