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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A superbly written and heartrending tale,
By Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: This Child's Gonna Live (Paperback)
Set in a Maryland fishing village in the early 1930's, This Child's Gonna Live by Sarah E. Wright is the harshly candid story of Mariah Upshur, the African-American wife of a poor oysterman, and who is struggling to keep her family together despite smothering press of poverty and despair. This Child's Gonna Live is the superbly written and heartrending tale of a monumental effort for family survival under the harsh realities of rural poverty. Of special interest in this Feminist Press edition of an African-American literary classic is the inclusion of the Sarah E. Wright's essay, "The Writer's Responsibility".
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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A scorcher of a book,
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This review is from: This Child's Gonna Live (Contemporary Classics by Women) (Paperback)
This is one of the best books I've read in the past ten years. It's painful to read, but the author's passion and fantastic use of language brings her world to life in a way that's rare to encounter in fiction. I'd place the author alongside James Baldwin and Faulkner.
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This Child's Gonna Live (Contemporary Classics by Women) by Sarah E. Wright (Paperback - May 1, 2002)
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