Type of bind: Paperback
EAN num: 9780749322656
ISBN number: 0749322659
Label: Mandarin
Manufacturer: Mandarin
Page Count: 419
Printing Date: November 04, 1996
Publishing house: Mandarin
Sale Popularity Level: 2369029
Studio: Mandarin
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'Intriguing...A thoughtful, intelligent work...The novel traces the yeasr from he '50s to the ate '80s, from Eisenhower to George Bush....She writes with simple eloquence about small-town life in the South, right after the start of the great social upheaval of he civil rights movement....Campbell has a strong creative voice.'
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Chicago-born Amrstrong Tood is fifteen, black, and unused to the ways of the segregated Deep South, when his mother sends him to spend the summer with relatives in rural Mississippi. For speaking a few innocuous words in French to a white woman, Armstrong is killed. And the precariously balanced world and its determined people--white and black--are changed, then and forever, by the horror of poverty, the legacy of justice, and the singular gift of love's power to heal.
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Although "Your Blues Ain't Like Mine" is not a story to pick your spirits up, it is most definitely a worthwhile read. Bebe Moore Campbell knew human nature, which in itself is a reason you'll be satisfied with the work, her first. Her perception of character is pleasing. She deals with the dregs people experience, as well as the joys. She really gets into people's psychological problems, the blues, whether the one enduring them is grey or white. Most excellent. She died too soon, within this past year. I will have to read her other works as well.
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The sign of a great book is that so consumes you that you dare not put the book down, and can genrate a wealth of emotions, from despair to hope, to joy. This novel is a case in point. It's been years since I picked this up, but even now I can remember and recall this novel most vivid parts. Racism and a sense of justice are two of the themes covered in this novel, and I am surprised this hasn't been adapted into a motion picture. Lastly I had the pleasure of meeting Mrs Moore Campbell not long after this was releashed, for a book reading of this novel, and was fortunate to get a sense of what she wanted to achieve with this novel, as well as a signed copy. If you like this, you may also like Brothers and Sisters
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taking from the life of emmitt till, she weave a great story similar in nature, tugs at your heart and makes you angry all at once
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As with all of the books I've purchased by this writer, this book was superbly written. The story was able to capture and keep your attention from beginning to end. An excellent read. I would love to see more by this writer.
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This is one of the best books I've ever read, and I've read hundreds of books. BMC did an excellent job travelling from the 1950's to the 1990's and from the stagnated deep south to the steadily progressing north. It was so detailed it was like this was her autobiography.
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