![]() ![]() –Margaret Wilkerson-Sexton ( San Francisco Chronicle) Like the most effective education, though, it feels that the information is streaming through the heart, awakening it and inspiring it to action.” ![]() “Dolen Perkins-Valdez excels at mining the lives of nuanced, yet known, characters to convey the undying toll of slavery … The author’s expert rendering of this more recent atrocity blankets it in a rich portrayal of family … Part of the propulsive power of this work is its structure of alternating perspectives … Perkins-Valdez also shines in her choice and development of characters … Perhaps the most notable of this book’s gifts are its deft packaging of history and its quiet nod - in the juxtaposition of timelines - to the reproductive oppression haunting Black women to this day. ![]()
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