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All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake
Tiya Miles
4.12 AVERAGE
665 reviews for:
All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake
Tiya Miles
4.12 AVERAGE
Very moving to think about this artifact and the love between mother and daughter that it represents. I think the writing became a bit repetitive, especially due to the lack of new information Miles was able to turn up in her research. Overall a good outline for how to reconstruct histories of underrepresented groups, especially Black women.
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There are no scare tactics here. Stories are told from a place of care, trauma and socially informed space and assumes intelligence and sensitivity throughout.
As we ask educators to be braver and do right by all children, I hope those who teach 12 years and up catch on to this one.
I wish that all LYS (Local Yarn Shops), craft community spaces and materials exchanges carried this book.
Anyone who touches cloth, textiles and other humans could use these thoughtful, caring and difficult reminders.
As we ask educators to be braver and do right by all children, I hope those who teach 12 years and up catch on to this one.
I wish that all LYS (Local Yarn Shops), craft community spaces and materials exchanges carried this book.
Anyone who touches cloth, textiles and other humans could use these thoughtful, caring and difficult reminders.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Racism, Rape, Colonisation, War
Tiya Miles handles the more difficult topics off page but never shies away from the truth.
TPL challenge; book about Black joy. I heard the Ideas program on cbc radio in which the author, Tiya Miles, was interviewed.
I’m about half way through this, and really enjoying it. I’m glad I heard the program (CBC Ideas with Nahlah Ayed); it helped me to get thru the first chapter which was somewhat philosophical.
I truly enjoyed this book. While the author does not sugar coat the brutality that enslaved people endured, she constantly circles back and describes how Black people empowered themselves where they could by earning their own money, making or buying their own clothes, or by naming their children. I especially liked the connection to textiles and fibre arts such as sewing, knitting, and quilting. 5 stars.
I’m about half way through this, and really enjoying it. I’m glad I heard the program (CBC Ideas with Nahlah Ayed); it helped me to get thru the first chapter which was somewhat philosophical.
I truly enjoyed this book. While the author does not sugar coat the brutality that enslaved people endured, she constantly circles back and describes how Black people empowered themselves where they could by earning their own money, making or buying their own clothes, or by naming their children. I especially liked the connection to textiles and fibre arts such as sewing, knitting, and quilting. 5 stars.
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Tiya Miles writes an astounding history of a sack given from mother to daughter over multiple generations, their love transcending the horror of slavery.
challenging
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