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gytrashh's review against another edition
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
raijoy's review
5.0
Brilliant and unlike anything I’ve read before. A great book for teaching a nuanced and sophisticated take on the braided essay.
arimonts's review against another edition
i picked this up bc i love memoir, i’m a black jew, and I’m curious about how jewish folks are writing about raising black boys right now. I stopped bc while she acknowledges her husband and therefore her children’s blackness, about 40% of the way in, her husband’s daughter, who we can also assume is black, joins her household and all of a sudden this book is about a white woman who cannot stand her husband’s CHILD. bc let’s be honest, 18 or not, this is author is beefing with a black CHILD. she can understand how difficult it is to raise her black kids but has no empathy for the black SIBLINGS OF HER KIDS. i had to put it down. this book is white liberal women at their worst so far—all theory, all big thoughts, no praxis. would NOT suggest this to anyone.
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Minor: Racism
egrupenhoff's review
4.0
Sabrina uses timeless and ubiquitous fairy tales to connect readers to her life as a Jewish women, a mother, a stepmother, a wife and a daughter.
Each chapter focuses on one aspect of fairy tales and she connects those fairy tales to Jewish religious lore and current events. The chapters seem to get more frantic and disconnected toward the end almost as if events around the COVID-19 pandemic are creating an echo chamber around her stream-of-consciousness.
The connections she makes with fairy tales to her life are unique and thought-provoking, but the style of writing was hard to get used to.
Overall, 4/5 stars for presenting new ideas to discuss and think about, as well as providing an entertaining look at Sabrina’s life and thoughts.
Each chapter focuses on one aspect of fairy tales and she connects those fairy tales to Jewish religious lore and current events. The chapters seem to get more frantic and disconnected toward the end almost as if events around the COVID-19 pandemic are creating an echo chamber around her stream-of-consciousness.
The connections she makes with fairy tales to her life are unique and thought-provoking, but the style of writing was hard to get used to.
Overall, 4/5 stars for presenting new ideas to discuss and think about, as well as providing an entertaining look at Sabrina’s life and thoughts.