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Isabel Wilkerson is brilliant! I'd love it, if she published an abbreviated, pocket-size version of this book to give broader exposure to the nature and history of societies with ingrained caste systems.

Both my parents are from Kansas and my Dad frequently said, "Kansas is a good place to *be from*" (meaning *leave*). I've ancestors that were from Alsace or thereabouts, and so far this book has taught me that Alsace is also a good place to be from.

I'm reading the ebook edition. The Diane Ravitch introduction is terrific! 📖

I've now read several books in a row with multiple timelines, and they've worn me out.

I was curious why my Scotch kinfolk left Scotland and migrated to North America. Well, the second chapter of Leyburn's book paints such a bleak picture of Scotland in the 17th century, I no longer wonder why Scots left their homeland. I now wonder why anyone remained behind in Scotland. Leyburn paints a picture where the Scotch saught every "opportunity ... to escape a drab and dreary life" (see p. 35).

Although our heroine has superpowers, they're not unlimited, and she has drifted into a situation where her powers cannot be used. Fortunately she has lived to fight another day, but I fear things are going to get worse before they get better.

Right out of the gate Adam Cohen has begun making a strong case that the Roberts Court sucks. Of course anyone who's been paying attention already knew that.
Note: There is a growing movement that desires that the USA Supreme Court be reformed. The two major reforms being proposed are (1) increasing the number of justices to 13 to match the number of jurisdictions and (2) establish a term limit of 18 years.

Who's gonna win Miss Carmichael's affection: Zeke or Rhine? Is the consolation prize marmalade?

Perhaps it's time to revisit novels written by James Agee and Thomas Williams.

Right after the author tells us that con-artists are the scum of the Earth, she reveals that she's a con-artist. This book isn't a novel, it's propaganda. No that's too polite. It's intellectual defecation. DNF

So far my enthusiasm for this story is high!

UGH!

Quote: ... race is not real, but racism is. Unquote p. 82

I read Celeste Ng's review twice. Once before I purchased this collection of short stories and again just before I read the story titled Note To Sixth Grade Self; which was an impressive story. Now I'm gonna go back and read this collection cover to cover.

I carry on, even though I now realize that Peter De Vries had never ever been to Kalamazoo. But, I suppose, Glenn Miller never had either. And don't even ask me about Harry Warren or Mark Gordon. (However, if you know Gordon Perkins, John Brewer, Glen Stine, or Pauline Sattler, give me a howdy-do.)

I've only just started Peter De Vries' novel titled Slouching Towards Kalamazoo and it's already too cute by nine halves. (I mean Run from the Room Screaming while Pulling your Hair Out cute!) Should I toss this one in the trash?

Wow!

I've been in search of a book that captures the spirit of the times when I grew up. This may be it.

I read the Afterword by Ann Joslin Williams, then the Foreword by Andre Dubus III, and now it's time to proceed into the heart of the matter.