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Ford V Ferrari, DVD

DVD - 2020
Added Jan 28, 2021

The Curse of Caste, Or, The Slave Bride, BookA Rediscovered African American Novel

by Collins, Julia C.
Book - 2006
Added Jan 28, 2021

The Poet X, Book

by Acevedo, Elizabeth
Book - 2018
Added Jan 28, 2021

Untamed, Book

by Doyle, Glennon
Book - 2020 | First edition.
Added Jan 28, 2021

Half of A Yellow Sun, Book

by Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi
Book - 2006 | 1st North American ed.
Added Jan 28, 2021

The Indigo Girl, BookA Novel

by Boyd, Natasha
Book - 2017 | First edition.
Added Jan 28, 2021

Everything I Never Told You, Book

by Ng, Celeste
Book - 2014
OaktownMo's rating:
4.5 out of 5 stars
Added Nov 05, 2020

Comment:

This is not an easy book. But you will be pulled in to the story and the writing. Sad as it is, there is a certain enchantment.

Memorial Drive, BookA Daughter's Memoir

by Trethewey, Natasha D.
Book - 2020 | First edition.
OaktownMo's rating:
4 out of 5 stars
Added Nov 05, 2020

Comment:

GOOD. A solid "good." Real writing, real story. But somehow it didn't move to "great." But it is worth reading.

The Radical Element, Book12 Stories of Daredevils, Debutantes, and Other Dauntless Girls

Book - 2018 | First edition.
Added Oct 14, 2020

Secrets We Kept, BookThree Women of Trinidad

by Sital, Krystal A.
Book - 2018 | First edition.
OaktownMo's rating:
3 out of 5 stars
Added Sep 17, 2020

One Day, Downloadable AudiobookThe Extraordinary Story of An Ordinary 24 Hours in America

by Weingarten, Gene
Downloadable Audiobook - 2019
Available
Added Aug 28, 2020

Jefferson's Daughters, BookThree Sisters, White and Black, in A Young America

by Kerrison, Catherine
Book - 2018 | First edition.
OaktownMo's rating:
3.5 out of 5 stars
Added Aug 03, 2020

Comment:

Really didn't think I would get all the way through this book. So many details; so little time. Oh, in the time of CoVid/SIP, so much time! Is it worth it? I'd say, if you can skim/read fast, OK. You get a better picture of Thomas Jefferson and the flawed man he was. Of course, he was good and more benevolent to his slaves than many men of his era, but make no mistake, he enslaved human beings who he thought were intrinsically less than he. Opened my eyes in a different way to the subjugation/disparate treatment of all women in that time. Yes, White MALE, then everyone else. But, of course, black women on the bottom (perhaps literally as well as figuratively, in this case.) A lot of book.

A Woman Is No Man, BookA Novel

by Rum, Etaf
Book - 2019 | First edition.
OaktownMo's rating:
4 out of 5 stars
Added Aug 02, 2020

Comment:

DIFFICULT, BEAUTIFUL, NECESSARY, UNIVERSAL. "She felt empty; she felt full. She needed people; she needed to be alone. She couldn't get the equation right. Who was to blame? She thought it was herself. She thought it was her mother, and her mother's mother, and the mothers of all their mothers, all the way back in time." pg. 248 Tho' this story happens to be of Palestinian women in America, it really speaks to/of everyone. I believe it says that strict constructionism, whether it be of a biblical or Constitutional text, leads to repression, prejudice, and abuse. Or: Holding on too tight just wears you out. If you love something, let it grow.

Winter Kept Us Warm, eBookA Novel

by Raeff, Anne
eBook - 2017
Available
Added Jul 04, 2020

Guest House for Young Widows, BookAmong the Women of ISIS

by Moaveni, Azadeh
Book - 2019 | First edition.
OaktownMo's rating:
3.5 out of 5 stars
Added Jul 04, 2020

Comment:

Interesting and informative. Does get a bit long but is eye-opening and worth the read.

The Grammarians, Book

by Schine, Cathleen
Book - 2019 | First edition.
Added Feb 17, 2020
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