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Red at the Bone

Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2020

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Red at the Bone

By: Jacqueline Woodson
Narrated by: Bahni Turpin, Jacqueline Woodson, Peter Francis James, Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Shayna Small
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Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2020

Brooklyn, 2001.

It is the evening of 16-year-old Melody's coming of age ceremony in her grandparents' brownstone. Watched lovingly by her relatives and friends, making her entrance to the music of Prince, she wears a special custom-made dress - the very same dress that was sewn for a different wearer, Melody's mother, for a celebration that ultimately never took place.

Unfurling the history of Melody's parents and grandparents - from the 1921 Tulsa massacre to post-9/11 New York - Red at the Bone explores sexual desire, identity, class and the life-altering facts of parenthood as it looks at the ways in which young people must so often make long-lasting decisions about their lives - even before they have begun to figure out who they are and what they want to be.

©2019 Jacqueline Woodson (P)2019 Orion Publishing Group African American City Life Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Literary Fiction Literature & Fiction Urban World Literature
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At just under four hours this is a short audiobook. Was it worth my audible credit. Absolutely!

Alternate narratives and a varied time line lead to the understanding of Melody’s birth and how it shaped the lives of Melody, Iris, Aubrey, Sabe and Sammy.

This was so good that I will listen to this one again sometime.

Powerful.

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Must read. Short, sharp and very sweet. narrating four generations into 200 pages is real talent.

Short, sharp and very sweet

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Wow. writer really spoke to the real raw emotions, memories and story of the characters. I felt I was with them each moment.

Red at the Bone

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yes, what a good story! nothing like what I usually read but so enjoyable still! I recommend. a nice set of pov I know a bit about now. sure opening. thought provoking.

good!

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