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Such Was the Season (Voices of the South)

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Such Was The Season by Clarence Major is a part of the Voices of the South collection. It features Aunt Annie Eliza who tells the story about what happened the week her nephew Junebug, now Dr. Adam North, came to visit. He had not been to Atlanta since he was a teenager and Annie Eliza proudly lets everyone know he is now a doctor. Not only has he come to Atlanta to lecture at Emory College about his Sickle Cell research but to learn about his roots and to reacquaint himself with family members. During the week, all sort of things are happening. Annie Eliza's children are having problems, there is a big shakeup in Atlanta politics, a mysterious illness and a suicide. Annie Eliza finds herself in the middle of all this while Junebug appears to be oblivious to it all but just goes along on the adventures to make his aunt happy.

This story is narrated by Annie Eliza and has a folksy feel to it. It is just like she invited you in for a cup of coffee while she tells you what happened during the week Junebug stayed at her house. Annie Eliza remembers every detail of that week, down to what TV show she was watching, what commercial was showing to what outfit she wore to whatever event. If you ever sat and listened to stories told by your elders, you know when they get on a roll; they tell you a present tense story but have to go back into the past for it to make sense. Imagine getting all this information, pertinent or not, in a narrative; it makes for some intense reading. The characterizations were sometimes funny and usually right on point. By the time Annie Eliza finished with their story, you knew all about everyone, at least Annie Eliza's opinion of them. Hidden in all the narrative about the family is a mystery of which Annie Eliza vows to get to the bottom of. Overall, this was a good read.

Jeanette
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