Location(s): Jackson
Genre(s): Historical
Era(s): 1960s
Early 1960s, Jackson, Mississippi, The Civil Rights movement is thundering along. An unjust world where black maids raise white children, but aren’t trusted not to steal belongings…
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This is a book where sometimes you laugh out loud, sometimes eyes are brimming, or sometimes anger is rising, a rare combination. (Isabelle Orff)
Gosh, this took me back the 60s when there were no ringpulls on cans! The story bowls along and is a good read. There are moments when the heat scorches off the pages, the characters feel very southern….could probably...
The beginning of the end of segregation – a book set in Mississippi
Set in Jackson, Mississippi in the early 1960s – just as segregation is about to end. The story of black maids working for white families, and of the white journalist who decided to publicise their experiences on the national...
I would have liked to have read this book many years ago
I would have liked to have read this book many years ago. The author give it credibility because she does not dramatise it. A book really and truly worth reading!!
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