A review by laura_corsi
Memphis by Tara M. Stringfellow

4.0

An ambitious novel that traces the generations of the North Family women in Memphis from the early 20th century to the early 21st. It traces the trials of black women in the depression era to WW2 and then through the Civil Rights movement and beyond to 9/11 and the gangs and violence that come to Memphis. Throughout this history, the men the North women love are killed through accident or the vagaries of racism or in war--later to the prison industrial complex and domestic violence. Thus, these women are left to carry on through it all. Beautifully written--reminds me a bit of Girl, Women and Other by Bernadine Evaristo and Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones. I will definitely look forward to Stringfellow's next novel.