A review by teresareads
Those Bones Are Not My Child by Toni Cade Bambara

Did not finish book.

I love the idea of this book, and the writing is often remarkable. It's disheartening to know how many of the concerns raised here, about the way the system treats Black families, for example, haven't changed much since the events of the book or since the book was written. Seeing what the family at the center of the book went through as they tried to get help finding their son was truly wrenching and it provides an important perspective on so many child endangerment stories.

But I've read 250 pages, and I'm sorry to say that it's getting to be a slog. I suspect part of the problem is my own attention span as I'm reading in September 2020 when the world seems to be on fire. I've been able to read challenging books and long books, but books that are long and challenging may just be too much right now. But I also wonder if the story really needs 600-plus pages to be told well.