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Babylon Sisters
Catherine Sanderson seems to have it a fulfilling career helping immigrant women find jobs, a lovely home, and a beautiful, intelligent daughter on her way to Smith College. What Catherine doesn’t a father for her child– and she’s spent many years dodging her daughter’s questions about it. Now Phoebe is old enough to start poking around on her own. It doesn’t help matters that the mystery man, B.J. Johnson–the only man Catherine has ever loved–doesn’t even know about Phoebe. He’s been living in Africa.
Now B.J., a renowned newspaper correspondent, is back in town and needs Catherine’s help cracking a story about a female slavery ring operating right on the streets of Atlanta. Catherine is eager to help B.J., despite her heart’s uncertainty over meeting him again after so long, and confessing the truth to him–and their daughter.
Meanwhile, Catherine’s hands are more than full since she’s taken on a new client. Atlanta’s legendary Miss Mandeville–a housekeeper turned tycoon–is eager to have Catherine staff her housekeeping business. But why are the steely Miss Mandeville and her all-too-slick sidekick Sam so interested in Catherine’s connection to B.J.? What transpires is an explosive story that takes her world–not to mention the entire city of Atlanta–by storm.
From the New York Times bestselling author of What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day . . . comes another fast-paced and emotionally resonant novel, by turns warm and funny, serious and raw. Pearl Cleage’s ability to create a gripping story centered on strong, spirited black women and the important issues they face remains unrivaled.
Now B.J., a renowned newspaper correspondent, is back in town and needs Catherine’s help cracking a story about a female slavery ring operating right on the streets of Atlanta. Catherine is eager to help B.J., despite her heart’s uncertainty over meeting him again after so long, and confessing the truth to him–and their daughter.
Meanwhile, Catherine’s hands are more than full since she’s taken on a new client. Atlanta’s legendary Miss Mandeville–a housekeeper turned tycoon–is eager to have Catherine staff her housekeeping business. But why are the steely Miss Mandeville and her all-too-slick sidekick Sam so interested in Catherine’s connection to B.J.? What transpires is an explosive story that takes her world–not to mention the entire city of Atlanta–by storm.
From the New York Times bestselling author of What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day . . . comes another fast-paced and emotionally resonant novel, by turns warm and funny, serious and raw. Pearl Cleage’s ability to create a gripping story centered on strong, spirited black women and the important issues they face remains unrivaled.
336 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2001
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Pearl Cleage
43 books588 followersPearl Cleage is an African-American playwright, essayist, novelist, poet and political activist. She is currently the Playwright in Residence at the Alliance Theatre and at the Just Us Theater Company. Cleage is a political activist. She tackles issues at the crux of racism and sexism, and is known for her feminist views, particularly regarding her identity as an African-American woman. Her works are highly anthologized and have been the subject of many scholarly analyses. Many of her works across several genres have earned both popular and critical acclaim. Her novel What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day (1997) was a 1998 Oprah's Book Club selection.
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January 29, 2009
Starts out promisingly, with Cleage's usual warm, inviting prose and fierce, big-hearted heroine. But begins to lose steam in the middle, and in the last fifty pages devolves into cliché and outright implausibility. A tacked-on epilogue feels like just that; I could hardly believe how lazy it was.
Definitely not as good as I Wish I Had A Red Dress, which in turn is not nearly as good as the outstanding What Looks Like Crazy On An Ordinary Day.
Definitely not as good as I Wish I Had A Red Dress, which in turn is not nearly as good as the outstanding What Looks Like Crazy On An Ordinary Day.
March 20, 2010
On the positive side this book was very easy to read. Unfortunately, the negative side has significantly more checks. The writing sucked and included as many cliched stereo-types as she could fit in. The story was unfocused and I don't think the two main themes worked very well. I think it would have been a better book had she either focused on the baby daddy issues and love story or focused on the female slavery ring.
March 21, 2015
This was a wonderful story. This book covers some serious topics.
The story was very good.
This book would make a great book club discussion
The story was very good.
This book would make a great book club discussion
August 8, 2012
(originally published at http://nomadreader.blogspot.com)
The backstory: Babylon Sisters is the second novel in Pearl Cleage's West End series. Although this book isn't a sequel to Some Things I Never Thought I'd Do, the main characters from Some Things do pop up a few times here, which will delight readers who enjoyed the first novel.
The basics: Babylon Sisters focuses on Catherine, who describes her work perfectly in this passage: "What I do is coordinate and integrate services for programs assisting female refugees and immigrants. Atlanta is a magnet for people trying to make a new start in a new country, and even though the town’s natives still think in terms of black and white, in reality we’re looking more and more like the Rainbow Coalition." She's also a single mother to a smart, confident seventeen-year-old young woman who longs to know her father, but Catherine remains committed to keeping that secret from her.
My thoughts: It's no secret Pearl Cleage is one of my all-time favorite writers. I love her ability to write characters who can simultaneously be human beings struggling with romance and trying to make the world a better place. Pearl Cleage's novels make me feel like I'm sitting at the greatest dinner party ever. Her characters eat, drink, think, speak and act in ways that inspire me and leave me breathless:
Catherine is the heart and soul of this novel, and I loved her personally and professionally. She's smart, driven, loyal to her friends, and a wonderful mother. What makes her great, however, are her raw honesty and her expression of fears and vulnerabilities:
I'm rarely sad when I finish a novel because I'm usually eager to find out how it ends and ponder my thoughts on the novel as a whole. Babylon Sisters, however, is the rare novel that makes me sad when I finish because I want to go on glimpsing into the lives of Catherine and her friends because they feel like my friends.
Favorite passage: "Trying to change poor people’s lives is never as glamorous or inspirational as they make it when some do-gooders get the central role in a Hollywood movie. In real life, Sam’s experience is probably closer to the truth, a long series of unrewarded sacrifices and thankless tasks that rarely impact the lives of the people you want to rescue."
The verdict: Babylon Sisters is a rallying cry for social justice, a love story, a touching tale of a mother-daughter relationship, and a story about the family we make for ourselves, but most of all it's a beautifully written novel filled with memorable characters faced with difficult decisions, both personally and professionally. And it makes readers think about the choices we wish we would make and the choices we fear we might make.
The backstory: Babylon Sisters is the second novel in Pearl Cleage's West End series. Although this book isn't a sequel to Some Things I Never Thought I'd Do, the main characters from Some Things do pop up a few times here, which will delight readers who enjoyed the first novel.
The basics: Babylon Sisters focuses on Catherine, who describes her work perfectly in this passage: "What I do is coordinate and integrate services for programs assisting female refugees and immigrants. Atlanta is a magnet for people trying to make a new start in a new country, and even though the town’s natives still think in terms of black and white, in reality we’re looking more and more like the Rainbow Coalition." She's also a single mother to a smart, confident seventeen-year-old young woman who longs to know her father, but Catherine remains committed to keeping that secret from her.
My thoughts: It's no secret Pearl Cleage is one of my all-time favorite writers. I love her ability to write characters who can simultaneously be human beings struggling with romance and trying to make the world a better place. Pearl Cleage's novels make me feel like I'm sitting at the greatest dinner party ever. Her characters eat, drink, think, speak and act in ways that inspire me and leave me breathless:
"There are always a million answers—the generals and the rebels make sure of that—but when you really think about it, there’s no good reason to try to kill as many people as you can, for as long as you can, until the ones who are left surrender their lives, or their resources, or their culture, or their self-respect, or their ancestors, or their spirits, or their oil, until they get strong enough to throw you off their backs and the whole cycle starts all over again. Thinking about it can make you feel powerless and scared, and that was no way to end an evening that had evolved into one of the best I’ve had in too long."
Catherine is the heart and soul of this novel, and I loved her personally and professionally. She's smart, driven, loyal to her friends, and a wonderful mother. What makes her great, however, are her raw honesty and her expression of fears and vulnerabilities:
"I wondered if it was possible to be in love with a man and develop a vocabulary free of the responses that make every conversation a minefield of hurt feelings, half-truths, and dashed expectations."
I'm rarely sad when I finish a novel because I'm usually eager to find out how it ends and ponder my thoughts on the novel as a whole. Babylon Sisters, however, is the rare novel that makes me sad when I finish because I want to go on glimpsing into the lives of Catherine and her friends because they feel like my friends.
Favorite passage: "Trying to change poor people’s lives is never as glamorous or inspirational as they make it when some do-gooders get the central role in a Hollywood movie. In real life, Sam’s experience is probably closer to the truth, a long series of unrewarded sacrifices and thankless tasks that rarely impact the lives of the people you want to rescue."
The verdict: Babylon Sisters is a rallying cry for social justice, a love story, a touching tale of a mother-daughter relationship, and a story about the family we make for ourselves, but most of all it's a beautifully written novel filled with memorable characters faced with difficult decisions, both personally and professionally. And it makes readers think about the choices we wish we would make and the choices we fear we might make.
February 28, 2013
This book was too frustratingly predictible to enjoy. The mother was incredibly stubborn and her steadfast determination to cling to a ridiculous lie was too far-fetched. If the daughter in the story didn't believe the lie, why should the reader?? Everything fell into place much too neatly. It was a great premise but too unbelievable as written. Sad, because I really liked her other stuff.
December 27, 2022
The cover has nothing to do with the story, but I really did enjoy it.
August 13, 2023
Captivating
October 4, 2016
Catherine Sanderson seems to have it all: a fulfilling career helping immigrant women find jobs, a lovely home, and a beautiful, intelligent daughter on her way to Smith College. What Catherine doesn’t have: a father for her child– and she’s spent many years dodging her daughter’s questions about it. Now Phoebe is old enough to start poking around on her own. It doesn’t help matters that the mystery man, B.J. Johnson–the only man Catherine has ever loved–doesn’t even know about Phoebe. He’s been living in Africa.
Now B.J., a renowned newspaper correspondent, is back in town and needs Catherine’s help cracking a story about a female slavery ring operating right on the streets of Atlanta. Catherine is eager to help B.J., despite her heart’s uncertainty over meeting him again after so long, and confessing the truth to him–and their daughter.
Meanwhile, Catherine’s hands are more than full since she’s taken on a new client. Atlanta’s legendary Miss Mandeville–a housekeeper turned tycoon–is eager to have Catherine staff her housekeeping business. But why are the steely Miss Mandeville and her all-too-slick sidekick Sam so interested in Catherine’s connection to B.J.? What transpires is an explosive story that takes her world–not to mention the entire city of Atlanta–by storm.
From the New York Times bestselling author of What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day . . . comes another fast-paced and emotionally resonant novel, by turns warm and funny, serious and raw. Pearl Cleage’s ability to create a gripping story centered on strong, spirited black women and the important issues they face remains unrivaled.
Starts out slow, but boy does it take off. Many twists and turns and a knee slapping ending. Loved the book, and loved the writing. 4 stars.
Now B.J., a renowned newspaper correspondent, is back in town and needs Catherine’s help cracking a story about a female slavery ring operating right on the streets of Atlanta. Catherine is eager to help B.J., despite her heart’s uncertainty over meeting him again after so long, and confessing the truth to him–and their daughter.
Meanwhile, Catherine’s hands are more than full since she’s taken on a new client. Atlanta’s legendary Miss Mandeville–a housekeeper turned tycoon–is eager to have Catherine staff her housekeeping business. But why are the steely Miss Mandeville and her all-too-slick sidekick Sam so interested in Catherine’s connection to B.J.? What transpires is an explosive story that takes her world–not to mention the entire city of Atlanta–by storm.
From the New York Times bestselling author of What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day . . . comes another fast-paced and emotionally resonant novel, by turns warm and funny, serious and raw. Pearl Cleage’s ability to create a gripping story centered on strong, spirited black women and the important issues they face remains unrivaled.
Starts out slow, but boy does it take off. Many twists and turns and a knee slapping ending. Loved the book, and loved the writing. 4 stars.
October 10, 2014
More like 3.5 stars. This is a perfectly good little book. Enjoyable, not particularly challenging but still smartly written.
I have two quibbles with it. One is that a central driver of much of the plot is that our narrator, Catherine, has not only not told her teenage daughter who her father is, she has actually planted false information to throw Phoebe off the trail. Lying like this not only comes off as completely outside of Catherine's character, she lies "dumb". A small thing perhaps but something that kept coming back to me: Why didn't she just TELL her in the first place and all of this would have been avoided? Yes, I know, then there only would have been half a book but this was an exposed seam that really irritated me every time I ran into it.
The second quibble is that although Catherine's area of expertise is refugee resettlement and although Phoebe's father comes back into town to cover a female slavery ring involving refugees we actually see virtually nothing of the refugee communities, meeting only one woman who is searching for her sister. We are TOLD about refugees, how difficult life is for them, the ways in which they are vulnerable but we see almost none of that.
I have two quibbles with it. One is that a central driver of much of the plot is that our narrator, Catherine, has not only not told her teenage daughter who her father is, she has actually planted false information to throw Phoebe off the trail. Lying like this not only comes off as completely outside of Catherine's character, she lies "dumb". A small thing perhaps but something that kept coming back to me: Why didn't she just TELL her in the first place and all of this would have been avoided? Yes, I know, then there only would have been half a book but this was an exposed seam that really irritated me every time I ran into it.
The second quibble is that although Catherine's area of expertise is refugee resettlement and although Phoebe's father comes back into town to cover a female slavery ring involving refugees we actually see virtually nothing of the refugee communities, meeting only one woman who is searching for her sister. We are TOLD about refugees, how difficult life is for them, the ways in which they are vulnerable but we see almost none of that.
July 2, 2012
I agree with some of the complaints about Babylon Sisters being a bit scattered, and sometimes obvious...but what relationship with sisters -- whether by birth or luck -- isn't both of those, from time to time? Pearl Cleage's stories just make me happy. They're romances, at heart, but the men and women who populate them are real people, with real faults and worries. When they fall in love, its not a rescue, and when they have sex, its neither careless nor earth-shattering. I like them, because I *would* like them, if I knew her characters in person.
I read a review, today, that noted (and, I paraphrase) that if you can't find a character you can root for to have an emotional transformation, whats the point of finishing the book? Cleage's characters are Good People, doing the best they can, and sometimes getting it wrong, but sticking together, no matter what. I can root for that, despite a few flaws.
I read a review, today, that noted (and, I paraphrase) that if you can't find a character you can root for to have an emotional transformation, whats the point of finishing the book? Cleage's characters are Good People, doing the best they can, and sometimes getting it wrong, but sticking together, no matter what. I can root for that, despite a few flaws.
August 16, 2020
This is a great read, and if you can order an audio version by the author better. As I listen to Ms. Pearl Cleage read this story it felt like we were having lunch and she was telling me her story. What a treat!
The main character Catherine is strong, witty, determine, loyal, caring and a fierce mother who has a secret. Her daughter is determine to find out what the secret is since, it has to do with her.
I laughed, held my breath and then Cleage had me reminiscing my motherhood experiences.
Yes, now I have another favorite author to put on my list and looking forward to reading more of Ms. Cleage books.
The main character Catherine is strong, witty, determine, loyal, caring and a fierce mother who has a secret. Her daughter is determine to find out what the secret is since, it has to do with her.
I laughed, held my breath and then Cleage had me reminiscing my motherhood experiences.
Yes, now I have another favorite author to put on my list and looking forward to reading more of Ms. Cleage books.
June 15, 2012
We all need to be reminded that we are, in fact, our sisters' sister. With that comes a little shared responsibility to correct those wrongs when we see them. If we all turned a blind-eye, we'd all suffer. That is definitely the lesson I took from this great story. We can never get to a point where we start to believe we are self-made and that anyone who benefits from our success or services, should feel grateful. Thank you for another great lesson Ms. Cleage!
July 11, 2014
Wow, this was really bad. I was confused. From what I heard of Ms. Cleage, I was expecting more Edwidge Danticat, but I got like trashy guilty pleasure bathroom reading.
There are so many things to say but I'm just going to sum it up by saying that the book was full of characters I did not want to know, but unfortunately, have met one time too many so reading it was absolute agony.
There are so many things to say but I'm just going to sum it up by saying that the book was full of characters I did not want to know, but unfortunately, have met one time too many so reading it was absolute agony.
March 28, 2010
Just read this for my first bookclub meeting. I'm giving it one star only because I only have 5 to give and there are so many other books out there that I love so much more. Super cliche, with an ending that made my teeth hurt. Wouldn't recommend it but didn't hate it outright either.
October 15, 2012
Read this for book group. It moved along quickly but I found the characters too one sided and the villain didn't seem believable to me. I think I would have liked something that really did more character development and gave them more depth.
July 26, 2016
Great read!!!
September 18, 2016
I'd tagged this book to read
a while ago. Pearl Cleage is the business.
a while ago. Pearl Cleage is the business.
September 23, 2018
This book was truly a fairytale. The main character had no consequences as a result of her actions.
February 15, 2024
Great novel that kept me glued to the pages while trying to solve this mystery as I continued reading. The author Pearl Cleage made the town in Georgia one that you felt you could explore with interesting homes built with stories behind them. I could picture her neighbors home exactly with the tiled mermaid on the bottom and the close friendship she had with Amelia and Louis who were obviously big roles in Catherine and her daughter’s life. With BJ coming back into the picture it made me root even more so for a happy ending and hoping a family could finally be the family Catherine dreamed about and her daughter craved. Miss Mandeville did strike me as odd right from the get go and I always knew she wasn’t right in the very beginning. I mean who prides themself by sitting on an actual throne? This is a great story showing the struggles and dreams of a strong black woman and what she can do within her community raising other women up through her dedication in her work. She’s not one to turn a blind eye and she does truly care for the complete strangers she encounters in her organization. Feeling her emotions with the decision she knew she had to make about disclosure of the identity of Phoebe’s father and the consequences that could possibly unfold affecting the perfect world she tried to ensure for herself and her daughter was a struggle many can relate to when faced with something we feel is out of our control. The ending is perfect and was the fairy tale I hoped it would be!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 18, 2018
"By the rivers of Babylon/There we sad down/And there we wept/When we remembered Zion."(pg11/Psalm 137:1) Babylon Sisters, the name of Catherine Sanderson's business name was taken from this verse of Psalm.
A web of lies created over a series of 17 years reguarding the identity of her daughter's father, has put a wall up between the two of them. As you read this book, you can feel the tension between them, the longing to find the truth and to tell the truth, the desire to once again be close to and in harmony with each other.
Also, weaved in the story line is the travisty of the real world of sex-trading. Though the story isn't concentrated on this, the author does a good job showing the web that captures and holds the victims captive and the complex lies and planning that unfortunely makes this profitable for those preying on them.
This book is very easy to read. The author, Cleage, sets the story in Atlanta, which is home to me, so I can relate to the neighborhood and it's surrounding. She also highlights the importance of sisterhood, brotherhood and how important it is to surround yourself with people you can trust to always have you back and to love you unconditionally.
Overall, I'd recommend this book.
A web of lies created over a series of 17 years reguarding the identity of her daughter's father, has put a wall up between the two of them. As you read this book, you can feel the tension between them, the longing to find the truth and to tell the truth, the desire to once again be close to and in harmony with each other.
Also, weaved in the story line is the travisty of the real world of sex-trading. Though the story isn't concentrated on this, the author does a good job showing the web that captures and holds the victims captive and the complex lies and planning that unfortunely makes this profitable for those preying on them.
This book is very easy to read. The author, Cleage, sets the story in Atlanta, which is home to me, so I can relate to the neighborhood and it's surrounding. She also highlights the importance of sisterhood, brotherhood and how important it is to surround yourself with people you can trust to always have you back and to love you unconditionally.
Overall, I'd recommend this book.
March 2, 2025
I understand other reader’s critiques. There’s no accountability for Catherine. Due to her decision to withhold information about her daughter’s father, she ruined three relationships. Bj missed out on being in his daughter’s life. Phoebe missed out on having a dad. BJ and Cat missed out on love.
To intentionally lie and send your daughter on a wild goose chase for your own selfish gain is unfair. Her antics also felt childish at times! Leaving diaries around with fake entries to throw your daughter off is a bit much! In the end Catherine is seen as the hero (connected to another side story related to trafficking and rekindling the relationship that she severed.)
BUT, outside of Catherine’s selfishness, here’s why I love Pearl Cleage’s books.
1. The Black women protagonists are always loved outwardly by Black men.
2. They get their fairytale ending (from the three books I’ve read)
3. These women are secure and passion-driven
4. Each character is unique
5. Each character has a tribe/community around them
Overall, this book was 3.5 or 4 stars.
Nothing can top ‘What Looks Like Crazy On An Ordinary Day’, but I enjoyed listening to this book!
To intentionally lie and send your daughter on a wild goose chase for your own selfish gain is unfair. Her antics also felt childish at times! Leaving diaries around with fake entries to throw your daughter off is a bit much! In the end Catherine is seen as the hero (connected to another side story related to trafficking and rekindling the relationship that she severed.)
BUT, outside of Catherine’s selfishness, here’s why I love Pearl Cleage’s books.
1. The Black women protagonists are always loved outwardly by Black men.
2. They get their fairytale ending (from the three books I’ve read)
3. These women are secure and passion-driven
4. Each character is unique
5. Each character has a tribe/community around them
Overall, this book was 3.5 or 4 stars.
Nothing can top ‘What Looks Like Crazy On An Ordinary Day’, but I enjoyed listening to this book!
November 16, 2020
I enjoyed this book...until the last chapter. The characters are interesting, relatable, and flawed. Trust, vulnerability, and accountability are the main themes. There are two main plots which make the story more dynamic. It highlights the complexity of the mother daughter relationship. It highlights how lack of trust and vulnerability can keep one from experiencing the love that is desired. It reminds us that we are our sisters keepers. However, the one issue I had was that the story was predictable and the ending was down right unbelievable. I do recommend the book however. It’s a romance with some serious issues thrown in. A good read.
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July 13, 2017
I thoroughly enjoyed this book, and as I was reading it, I thought it would make a great movie. It starts off slow, but picks up in pace after you get to the 60% point in the book. Pear Cleage is a great writer and I love authors who can capture the essence of a city in time and space and make the culture and diaspora of the city pour off the page like milk and honey and then add to that a good story line! This novel dealt with a sad reality of prostitution, mother and daughter relationships, old loves, lies, forgiveness and reconciliation. It was a great summer read!
May 23, 2018
Great read! In the beginning, I was so angry with Cat. No mother should be so selfish as not to disclose info to a child yearning for a connection with their father. But as the story went on, my compassion kicked in and I stopped feeling so angry. In finally ceasing to be selfish, she became selfless and gained love & respect.
My favorite part....the rescue of those precious sistas! It is sad that we live in a world where greed of money makes the, most evil come to the surface. It was nice to have a beautiful ending!
My favorite part....the rescue of those precious sistas! It is sad that we live in a world where greed of money makes the, most evil come to the surface. It was nice to have a beautiful ending!
July 3, 2018
This is the second book in the West End series. I enjoyed all of the characters and the fact that there were so many strong women in the book; although some you grow to dislike. This is a book that is harder to put down as you go deeper into the story. We meet Catherine at a time when her daughter is on a search for her father and Catherine is starting a new job. Through this journey , Catherine learns the value of truth and honesty, rekindles love family.
June 16, 2018
You can't judge a book by its cover, and that is certainly true with this book. Instead of a fun, frothy beach read for a too hot summer, this is a big mess of a book with sex trafficking, and a middle-aged woman somehow reconnecting with her college love all mixed up in an incoherent stew.Best forgotten.
November 1, 2021
It was a good story to kill time or sit out a rainy day. It isn't high literature that I will discuss at some Socratic coffee shop; its not a book I will look lovingly at on my bookcase as I'm dusting;
...its a fairy tale...and a good one with a love story, a wicked witch, and even a mermaid
.....and a menu that will make you pull out your recipe book or look up delivery.
...its a fairy tale...and a good one with a love story, a wicked witch, and even a mermaid
.....and a menu that will make you pull out your recipe book or look up delivery.
September 16, 2023
Every black woman should read this book because there is so much to relate to. I must say that this wasn't a story I imaged when I started but it was worth the read and the suspense that came about. I wish that more books had suspense to the story and gave a little better ending but overall I loved this book. I recommend for a book club.
January 22, 2025
Interesting with several unexpected storylines.
I enjoyed reading this novel. I am a fan of Pearl Cleage and her characters that show up in so many stories about Atlanta. I enjoy seeing places that are familiar because I am an Atlanta resident. The reading style flows well and make reading easy.
I enjoyed reading this novel. I am a fan of Pearl Cleage and her characters that show up in so many stories about Atlanta. I enjoy seeing places that are familiar because I am an Atlanta resident. The reading style flows well and make reading easy.
May 28, 2019
I did the Audio version. This book was a great summer read. It dealt with a lot of relevant topics. It was suspenseful and held the readers interest. Pearl Cleave is a master of word with lots of great descriptions. . I loved how she developed her characters.
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