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A review by audrarussellwrites
Jam on the Vine by LaShonda Katrice Barnett
5.0
A beautiful, sweeping, and emotional saga of one family's plight up from slavery and their overwhelming struggle for civil and equal rights through the beginning of the 20th century. This book is Black America's "Little Women". I hate comparing one book to something else, but the way the literary community raves about Little Women, is the way they should rave about Jam on the Vine.
Yes, it's that good!
I love books that teach me about history without being preachy. I love books that have such beautiful prose I get stuck on the pages rereading certain paragraphs. I love books with characters that make me feel all the emotions. This book was all of that for me.
I bought this book two years ago and it sat on my bookshelf. Now I'm wishing I hadn't waited so long to read it. If I was a professor of literature, I would make an entire class out of this book. It is SO rich with so many themes that are, sadly, still as relevant today as they were in the beginning of the 20th century.
Yes, it's that good!
I love books that teach me about history without being preachy. I love books that have such beautiful prose I get stuck on the pages rereading certain paragraphs. I love books with characters that make me feel all the emotions. This book was all of that for me.
I bought this book two years ago and it sat on my bookshelf. Now I'm wishing I hadn't waited so long to read it. If I was a professor of literature, I would make an entire class out of this book. It is SO rich with so many themes that are, sadly, still as relevant today as they were in the beginning of the 20th century.