Playing My Mother's Blues
A Mystery, Contemporary, African American book. I've been reading this for a while. I found it interesting because tf the...
In her triumphant new novel, bestselling author Valerie Wilson Wesley, one of the most respected and acclaimed voices in contemporary African American fiction, poignantly examines the stubborn bonds of family, passion, and a past that insists on repeating itself.Dani Carter was seven years old—her sister, Rose, seventeen—when their beautiful, impetuous mother, Maria, walked out of their lives, abandoning her husband and family for a love affair that would end tragically mere months later. Over the decades that followed, Dani was able to overcome the persistent pain and feelings of betrayal, eventually wedding a successful man and giving birth to a wonderful son. But love has long been missing from her marriage, propelling her into the arms of another and inspiring troubling thoughts of escape. If it were not for...
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- Pages: 240 pages
- ISBN: 9780060188825 / 60188820
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I've been reading this for a while. I found it interesting because tf the premise, a woman leaving her children and then spending time in jail for murder. the characters were different but somehow the same in the way their roles mimiced their elders. The secrets were numerous and the ending a tear-jerker. I liked that it was unclear... I like the story... but I don't quite like the ending.. :( . I want to know what will happen to Dani and Chance, Rose and Marshall, and Lucille and Mira.. :(( . I hope there'll be a sequel to this story..:( I am really surprised by the drubbing this book has taken. It is not a light hearted book. The characters are deeply flawed, but there is a thread of love and sense of family that is quite compelling.I think the publisher did the book a disservice by putting reviews on the back cover that were incongrous with the book. I'd grabbed this...
