Mehdi Semouk Semouk itibaren Platanos 300 22, Yunanistan
When you learn about the Civil Rights Movement as a child Martin Luther King Jr. is praised, the tragedy of John F. Kennedy mentioned, Rosa Parks championed. These scant references are accompanied by brief moments of black children getting attacked by police dogs and marching, marching towards freedom. Anne Moody, one of the young women who sat at Woolworth's lunch counter one afternoon and asked to be served, writes about a Civil Rights Movement that most know nothing about. The constant fear of having your head blown off because you wanted to sit at the front of a bus, the maddening lack of initiative from the older blacks, the discrimination and racial inequality among blacks themselves. It is an unglamorous and unflinching portrayal of what it was like to grow up black in Mississippi and be part of the movement that changed the face of America.
I listened to If I Stay and loved it and was very stoked to find out I would get a chance to review this book. I'm so glad I did. I loved this one just as much. There is something about Gayle's writing that tugs at my heartstrings. I read this book in one day. It was that good. The first book I grieved and cried for Mia and in this book my heart broke for Adam. I am glad I got to witness their story. I say witness because that is how it felt as I was reading it. I felt like I was eavesdropping on it but couldn't look away lol. I don't want to say too much for fear of giving stuff away so I'll just leave you with this thought. If you enjoyed If I stay, you will love Where She Went. If you haven't read If I Stay, then go get it and read it, so you can buy Where She Went when it releases.
love it. always have.
Formalistic issues collide with the central conceit. I couldn't get beyond that - well, I finished the book but with a strange taste in my mouth.