Brown Girl Dreaming
Ratings42
Average rating4.3
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Ratings42
Average rating4.3
Jacqueline Woodson, one of today's finest writers, tells the moving story of her childhood in mesmerizing verse.
Raised in South Carolina and New York, Woodson always felt halfway home in each place. In vivid poems, she shares what it was like to grow up as an African American in the 1960s and 1970s, living with the remnants of Jim Crow and her growing awareness of the Civil Rights movement. Touching and powerful, each poem is both accessible and emotionally charged, each line a glimpse into a child’s soul as she searches for her place in the world. Woodson’s eloquent poetry also reflects the joy of finding her voice through writing stories, despite the fact that she struggled with reading as a child. Her love of stories inspired her and stayed with her, creating the first sparks of the gifted writer she was to become.
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I really enjoyed listening to this beautiful book read by the author on audio book.
this book was.. different. and personally, it was very relatable. I wanted to honestly take my time with this one..and I did..sort of
Lovely, threaded with sadness, but also love. Each poem/chapter has a topic, and the progression does not always feel linear, but the cumulative effect is to tell the story of Jackie's family and her growing awareness of herself as a writer. I read straight through without flipping to the end, so it was a delight to find pictures of the family on the last pages.
