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Gaijinmama
Some of my students have selected this book for reports and presentations over the years . Just to be clear, they are non-native speakers of English. Sometimes they select the book because it is short. I don't think they realize how intense it is , until they get into it, but few have ever regretted choosing it. I require them to read at least one novel by an American, preferably still-breathing female writer of color, not because I personally dislike the classic Dead White Males, but because sa ...more
Josephine (biblioseph)
Poetical prose. The mistakes are ones of a young who is not able to focus her genius, and very forgivable. The intent comes through, and the afterword is something you should not miss. You really should take a few hours rest between it and the last sentence of the novel, but if you're likely to forget to come back to it, by all means plow-through.

This book should not be missed--and I wish it were taught instead of Lucky in AP Composition, that I was able to read it under an intelligent woman ena
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Lindsay
Oct 24, 2008 rated it really liked it
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Nov 12, 2008 rated it liked it
Jessica (Books: A true story)
Apr 03, 2009 rated it did not like it
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DJ
Oct 31, 2009 marked it as wishlist  ·  review of another edition
Traci Sherlock
Mar 17, 2010 marked it as to-read
Heather Hope
Jun 28, 2011 rated it liked it
Karen K. Miller
Aug 01, 2011 marked it as own-need-to-read
Heather (DeathByBook)
Sep 20, 2011 marked it as shoulda-already-read-it  ·  review of another edition
Lori Williams
Mar 01, 2012 rated it it was amazing
Michowel
Apr 20, 2012 marked it as to-read
Liander (The Towering Pile) Lavoie
Nov 05, 2012 marked it as get-from-library
Kim DeCina
Jan 31, 2013 marked it as to-read
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Denise
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Gwenyvyre
Oct 23, 2014 rated it it was amazing
crude
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Megan
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Karigan
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Abby Hurlburt
May 19, 2022 rated it it was amazing
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