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Author: J. California Cooper
Published: 1991-12-01 |
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 Phenomenal read
J. California Cooper is a wonderful writer. You can almost see the scene playing out in front of you. Alway's survival is an amazing story of many slave women in this country. They ensured the survival of themselves and their families.
 We're All Family
J. California Cooper's book Family is about a slave family's matriarch and how they deal with the "peculiar institution." The setting is in the pre Civil war South and the the language used is meant to put on in the south during the time. The vernacular and language give the book a warm feel. And the story allows you to see some of the more outlandish practices of the antebellum south. You find yourself growing to like the characters for all their flaws and strengths.
Having read this book for school I highly recommend it to anyone wanting to read a short interesting story about the period and the meaning of family.
I am in love with this author now
I currently am in the middle of reading Wild Stars Seeking Midnight Suns, and this is only due to reading this book. I think she is a wonderful writer. She has a talent for making the reader see everything that is going on and in some instances feel it.
Great, Unique Story!
First, I have to admit that the book was kind of rough reading for me in the beginning because normally stories narrated in dialect give me a headache, but after the first two chapters, I got used to it and each chapter became more and more interesting. I think the slave dialect added to the "authenticity" of the story, since it was narrated by a slave woman. I think this story was unique because it while it did highlight the downtrodden conditions, it also exemplified the cleverness of the main character Always, despite all the hardships she endured. By time I was midway through the book I could hardly put it down.
Unique narration and empowering ending.....
This was a page-turner. Some books we must almost force ourselves to finish but this story is very compelling. When I first began reading, I had to do so very slowly so that I could understand what was happening. The reason was because the narrator of this book is herself a slave from the mid-1800's and therefore speaks with the slang and southern accent of that time. Once I got used to that I liked it because it made the story feel more authentic. I felt that it again reminds us of how inhumane slavery was and still is; that we as people must never allow for it to reoccur in todays world or future though, sadly, it still exists out there in other countries and forms. The ending was so glorious and made me feel wonderful for the characters. It is in my opinion, a great book that everyone could benefit from reading but you may have to be in the mood for it since some of it's content is more than disheartening
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