665 reviews for:

All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake

Tiya Miles

4.12 AVERAGE

marcia's review against another edition

5.0

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A creative way to make history come alive using an artifact to connect all kinds of interesting information

stefaniemusic's review against another edition

5.0

informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

stoneface67's review against another edition

4.25

informative reflective

read_like_a_mother's review against another edition

3.0

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102/200 for Mama in 2023

danascully7's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad

bibliophile_party_of_3's review against another edition

3.0

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I expected to have the history of the Ashley’s sack, and the family, and loved that part, but wasn’t a fan of the parts that describe lives of people who lived in similar places at the same time as Ashley and her family. During one of the comparison portions, I missed the part when we switched to a compatriot and was very confused for a few minutes

humanpuke's review against another edition

3.5

emotional informative reflective fast-paced

mirabilia's review against another edition

4.0

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The object at the centre of this book is deeply moving, and the historical connections Tiya Miles weaves around it are fascinating and deeply researched; I thought the chapters on dress and hair were particularly strong. I am a bit torn about the more speculative, meditative passages - while wresting the history of enslaved people from their erased archival state is important and worthwhile, the „we must imagine“ bits just didn‘t work that well for me.

hannchilada's review against another edition

3.5

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

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This book has so much to teach.

nonfictitious's review against another edition

5.0

challenging informative sad medium-paced