A review by shelvey
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

5.0

This is a masterfully done piece: the weaving together of Ailey's present-ish day story with her ancestry in the first part of the book only to have her learn of the connections as she becomes a historian. It was like a mystery that I didn't even realize was a mystery until it was solved. Such complex characterizations of people that I adored and absolutely hated (looking at you Gandy and Samuel Pinchard). I also read this simultaneously with Women, Race, and Class and it was so interesting to compare a historical nonfiction with a fictionalized exploration of one family through history.

I cannot understate the content warnings for rape, abuse, and child molestation.
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