A review by cassmills
Carolina Built by Kianna Alexander

4.0

This is the NC history book we should have all been reading!!! It’s a beautiful and untold story about Josephine Leary who lives in Edenton, NC. She works diligently to improve the life of her dear daughters so that she may leave them with more than what she had herself. Society’s strong patriarchal and racist values are at odds with Josephine as she learns to navigate a world that’s placed her at the bottom of the totem pole.