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649 reviews for:
All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake
Tiya Miles
4.12 AVERAGE
649 reviews for:
All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake
Tiya Miles
4.12 AVERAGE
emotional
informative
reflective
fast-paced
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.
challenging
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
This book has so much to teach.
challenging
informative
sad
medium-paced
informative
reflective
medium-paced
i was initially going to rate it closer to a 3.75 but then the latter section of the book introduced connections between the intersection of gender and race through specific kinds of needlework at specific points in history, and that take was just so new and fascinating that it pumped up my rating to a 4.25. i adored the talk of embroidery and how it brings the incomplete narrative of this family to life.
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Slavery
Moderate: Sexual violence
informative
reflective
slow-paced
Incredible achievement. While the writing feels like a history book at times, Miles weaves this story with skill, grace, and love. I have a new appreciation for not only what unfree families lost, but also how they loved. Miles' call to us is powerful: "[W]e hold a bag both empty and full, around which our many hands find the space for joining."
informative
reflective
medium-paced