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The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson
6 reviews
wordsofclover's review against another edition
4.5
I listened to this on audiobook and while it was a long listen, I throughly enjoyed it. As a non-American reader, I enjoyed learning more about this time in American history and this isn't something I had known about before though obviously we learn about the American Civil War and the US Civil Rights Movement in Irish education, this is a topic that is connected to these but its own story entirely. I found it interesting to see how the North wasn't automatically better for the migrants - while they escaped the suffocating Jim Crow of the South, they still faced and dealt with a lot of racial discrimination and divide in different ways in the North - and Northern cities such as Chicago and New York were forever changed after his migration as well in socio-economic and city division ways as well which was fascinating. It was also amazing to hear of some of the famous people who would never have been able to reach the heights they did if their parents or family members hadn't chosen to migrant to the North where they had the opportunities the did.
The care and detail put into the research for this book must have been immense and really commend the author for doing a stellar job - from the sounds of it, this book took a long time to research and write as she sat and talked to Ida Mae, George and Robert in the later years of their lives to understand their story and experiences better.
Highly recommend this!
Moderate: Racism
Minor: Drug abuse and Miscarriage
jeggert10's review against another edition
4.75
Moderate: Racism, Violence, Classism, Drug abuse, and Murder
Minor: Medical content, Addiction, Drug use, Cancer, Abandonment, Hate crime, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Sexual assault, Child death, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Car accident, Pregnancy, Slavery, and Death
jaiari12's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death, Racial slurs, Violence, Murder, Racism, Hate crime, and Slavery
Moderate: Drug use, Drug abuse, Medical content, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, Classism, and Grief
eva_v's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Death, Slavery, Violence, Police brutality, Murder, Racism, and Hate crime
Moderate: Sexual violence, Alcoholism, Medical content, Death of parent, Drug abuse, and Physical abuse
As a European I found this a very informative read regarding an important movement and period in American history. It also helps to explain much of the current problems and attitudes in American society. I was greatly inspired and moved by the characters and their difficult journeys, even though some parts were (very) hard to read. Would wholeheartedly recommend.paperandkindness's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Hate crime, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, and Violence
Minor: Addiction, Death, Drug use, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Medical content, and Toxic relationship
caseythereader's review against another edition
4.75
📚 It's such an incredible account of ordinary people doing something extraordinary. So much of the history we learn is about the exceptional people, and Wilkerson reminds us that history is also written by everyday people.
📚 I never learned about this period of history in school - we never made it much beyond the turn of the century in my classes. We often think of historical events as discrete periods of time, but THE WARMTH OF OTHER SUNS deftly shows how interconnected everything is.
Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Medical content, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Terminal illness, Torture, and Violence