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A review by cozyhosie
The House of Eve by Sadeqa Johnson
5.0
"Every single day we had to fight for food, for carfare. And this trip downtown had shown me that we even had to fight for what should have been free: our dignity."
Ruby Pearsall is on her way to being the first in her family to go to college, despite growing up with a mother uninterested in raising a child. A forbidden relationship threatens to throw all her plans down the drain. Eleanor Quarles is attending Howard University when she meets and falls in love with William Pride, a member of one of DC's elite wealth Black families. Eleanor hopes that a baby will warm her frosty relationship with her mother-in-law and finally give her the life she wants. When the lives of these two women collide, they will both have to face life-altering decisions and choose whether their dignity is worth more than the lives they've envisioned for themselves.
This book reminded me of how much I love historical fiction. Sadeqa Johnson develops her stories with finesse and the reader falls right into the story, walking down the street right next to the characters. You feel what the characters feel, cry when they cry, hurt when they hurt. I don't even have enough words to describe how much I loved this book. I can't wait to read more of this author's work.
Ruby Pearsall is on her way to being the first in her family to go to college, despite growing up with a mother uninterested in raising a child. A forbidden relationship threatens to throw all her plans down the drain. Eleanor Quarles is attending Howard University when she meets and falls in love with William Pride, a member of one of DC's elite wealth Black families. Eleanor hopes that a baby will warm her frosty relationship with her mother-in-law and finally give her the life she wants. When the lives of these two women collide, they will both have to face life-altering decisions and choose whether their dignity is worth more than the lives they've envisioned for themselves.
This book reminded me of how much I love historical fiction. Sadeqa Johnson develops her stories with finesse and the reader falls right into the story, walking down the street right next to the characters. You feel what the characters feel, cry when they cry, hurt when they hurt. I don't even have enough words to describe how much I loved this book. I can't wait to read more of this author's work.