661 reviews for:

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

Tiya Miles

4.12 AVERAGE

shannon_camposdowdy's review against another edition

4.5

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rmyd42's review against another edition

4.75

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

viis97's review against another edition

5.0

emotional informative

wheninthewillows's review against another edition

5.0

emotional reflective medium-paced

tracytcamp's review against another edition

3.5

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bethmitcham's review against another edition

slow-paced

marcynewman's review against another edition

5.0

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This is one of the most extraordinary books I've ever read. I love the way Miles approaches history, demonstrating at every turn how one labors through the material and traditional paper archives for clues. It's a wonderful model for students of history to follow to see how one stitches pieces of a life, a period, a community together. The photographs and additional narratives she weaves in to provide insight into the life of Ruth Middleton and her ancestors is seamless and beautiful. I especially love the postscript that details her process and rationale for approaching history in this manner.

valje's review against another edition

4.0

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jorvikreads's review against another edition

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Well written and researched but scant historical evidence makes this a difficult sell for me. It's not a deal breaker in all cases (e.g. wifedom, which plugs it's gaps in much more interesting and readable ways) but unfortunately so in this one. Definitely would have worked better as a long article!

ohlhauc's review against another edition

dark informative reflective slow-paced