A review by agjuba
Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen by Sarah Bird

3.0

I just finished reading this, but think the book needs to sit with me a bit before I can give a final evluation. My first thoughts, though, are complete admiration for Bird's ability to conjure a rich and meaningful life of a woman for whom precious little remains. The writing is superb, and the attention to detail in describing the harshness of life during and immediately after the Civil War is remarkable. Without entering the fray of arguments about the validity of a White woman writing about the Black experience, I think her novel highlights both how far we have come and how far we have yet to go.