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Title: Exquisite !!!
Review: I found this book to be positively exquisite. With the recent proliferation of trash in the genre of popular African American fiction, it was heartwarming to read a piece like this. Popular fiction has its place but my true thirst is for literature by talented black writers.I am not sure if I was more mesmerized by the story or the skillful prose. It takes a REAL writer to create imagery. It takes skill, study and a very special gift. Though the subject matter was not what I expected, the mother/daughter/aunt/grandmother bond truly represented a family tree. If one had any empathy at all, they were able to see and feel each point of view. Sophie's painful acceptance of her mother as a person who did the very best she could with the cards she was dealt should be a lesson to all adult children to stop blaming and for parents to stop feeling guilty.I had to put down Krik-Krak because I found it too sad at the time. I will go back to finish it and anxiousl! y await the next novel.
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