661 reviews for:

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

Tiya Miles

4.12 AVERAGE

plantonic_friendships's review against another edition

4.5

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Great historical research. A very humanist POV on the lives of these women and individuals.

brayden_stalcup13's review against another edition

5.0

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I read this for class and it was incredible. Constructing a whole history of slavery in the United States from long lost family heirloom is impressive. This story does an amazing job at showing the human, emotional impact of slavery instead of giving simple statistics or storytelling from a western point of view. The life of a slave was horrifyingly brought to life with this book, but if one wants to know truly learn about American Slavery, this is a must read history.

Additionally I just want to say Tiya Miles is a very inspiring historian, and I truly appreciate her work.

a_fret_argent's review against another edition

4.25

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artemisfloof's review against another edition

3.75

challenging emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

nataliecatalie's review against another edition

3.0

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aliceofbattenberg's review against another edition

4.25

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sallysimply's review against another edition

4.5

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Wow, I am so glad I picked this up! It sounded interesting enough, but I did not anticipate how much history it would cover or how it would cover that history. It really is a celebration both of storytelling and of textile arts, which is exactly what I needed in this moment (she says, barely getting started on her embroidery journey and loving that decision). I especially appreciate this trend of exploring history in ways that go beyond "the archive," and that bring the present into historical analysis. I am so here for it!

This is one of those rare circumstances where I finish an audiobook and instantly want a physical copy and a re-read.

ellwoo's review against another edition

5.0

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emilyreadsitall's review against another edition

3.5

informative reflective slow-paced

booktwitcher23's review against another edition

2.5

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Needs editing - too much repetition.