To the music of Prince she wears a special custom made dress But the event is not without poignancy Sixteen years earlier that very dress was measured and sewn for a different wearer Melody's mother for her own ceremony a celebration that ultimately never took placeUnfurling the history of Melody's parents and grandparents to show how they all arrived at this moment Woodson considers not just their ambitions and successes but also the c.
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Red at the Bone eBook ✓ Red at ePUB Â bone kindle, Red at kindle, Red at the Bone ePUBTo say that Jacqueline Woodson is gifted story teller who writes beautifully almost feels like faint praise The story begins with Melody celebrating her sixteenth birthday walking down the stairs in her grandparents brownstone reaching a milestone in this present moment moving toward her future In alternating narratives moving back and forth in time Woodson reflects on the pasts of Melody’s mother Iris her father Aubrey her grandmother Sabe and grandfather Sammy Po’Boy and the things that happened to get us to Melody’s birthday celebration A past reflecting how sixteen years ago Iris pregnant with Melody didn’t walk down those steps but could walk
Red at the Bone eBook ✓ Red at ePUB Â bone kindle, Red at kindle, Red at the Bone ePUBnow I knew there were so many ways to get hung from a cross—a mother’s love for you morphing into something incomprehensible A dress ghosted in another generation’s dreams A history of fire and ash and loss Legacy Melody is sixteen having her coming out party in her home her grandparents home in Brooklyn’s Park Slope We are introduced to her father her grandparents her bff her world She has chosen for her entrance music something that draws a line between her generation and those that came before Prince’s Darling Nikki The guests are thankful that the lyric
Red at the Bone eBook ✓ Red at ePUB Â bone kindle, Red at kindle, Red at the Bone ePUBI loved it Loved everything about this book The gorgeous prose The way in just a relatively few pages Woodsen managed to flesh out her characters making them autentic people The themes explored Themes of mother daughter relationships teenage pregnant ambition fatherhood and sexual identity The many different emotions she manages to provoke emotions that changed as the story progressed How young people make decisions about their lives things that will affect them in the future not realizing what that entails So many issues are
Red at the Bone eBook ✓ Red at ePUB Â bone kindle, Red at kindle, Red at the Bone ePUBI am a sucker for a short bookThis is not because I am lazy okay yes it's because I'm lazy I enjoy finishing a book per day and I also enjoy spending large portions of my d
Red at the Bone eBook ✓ Red at ePUB Â bone kindle, Red at kindle, Red at the Bone ePUBThis is a look at the effects of teenage pregnancy on two families one well off the other poor Told through shifting time periods and multiple perspectives of the parents grandparents and the child the writing itself is worthy of 5 stars I appreciated the themes as well as the push against stereotypes The author set out to do what she intended with this book but for me the story itself was good but not memorable It will be quickly forgotten I'm in the minority as many readers love this one so be sure to check out other reviews I received a copy of the book via Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review
Red at the Bone eBook ✓ Red at ePUB Â bone kindle, Red at kindle, Red at the Bone ePUBJacqueline Woodson's writes a profoundly lyrical inter generational black family drama its history of race class the trials and tribulations of being alive of identity sexuality love loss grief and ambition It begins with the coming of age of Melody her 16th birthday wearing a dress that her mother Iris never got to wear at the tender age of 15 Iris was pregnant with Melody Woodson uses this family event to weave a moving web of family history and interconnections in a narrative that deftly illustrates how the past is writ large in the present continuing to shape the future The repercussions of a teen pregnancy an Iris for whom motherhood is not enough and abandons Melody to be lovingly brought up by her steadfast contented and committed father Aubrey and her grandpar
Red at the Bone eBook ✓ Red at ePUB Â bone kindle, Red at kindle, Red at the Bone ePUBThis story is raw with emotion A child who is turning 16 and having a coming of age party evokes the memories of her from her mom when she had her at 16 her dad just a kid himself grandma who raised her as her own daughter and grandpa who loved her to deathThey all do but it’s their stories around this child growing up and how she changed their lives foreverThe themes of racism education teenage pregnancy The costs each of them endured during the course of their livesAll these memories arrive at this single moment in timeBeautifully written and emotionally captivatingThis one is sure to tug at the heart strings 5⭐️
Red at the Bone eBook ✓ Red at ePUB Â bone kindle, Red at kindle, Red at the Bone ePUBI just loved this This story is about two urban black families and shifts around in time and is told by the points of view of each of the five characters An unplanned teenage pregnancy and how their lives go forward for a young couple the daughter they bring forth and the maternal grandparentsIt is poetic and dramatic and I just couldn’t stop readingThis is the third book I’ve read by this author I need to read her others