If you’re looking for a read that requires focus and will provoke thought, you will find what you’re looking for in Some Sing, Some Cry by Ntozake Shange and Ifa Bayeza.
Through seven generations of one family the authors take the reader from post Civil War life through the Civil Rights Movement to current day. The historical aspect entwined with the lives of the Mayfield’s gives this work a personal touch. Display of the female character's strengths and weaknesses assists the unfolding of how adversity is handled in their lives.
Readers can readily identify with characters whose dreams were shattered due to familial needs, health challenges or resignation to their own skewed perception of the hand life has dealt them. Through it all the story is one that will provoke thought and for some, a call to action regarding dreams delayed.
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