A review by lakitawilson
Daddy Was a Number Runner by Louise Meriwether

5.0

The rawness of this story reminded me of a Donald Goines novel from the 1970's. But I connected with this more, because a Black woman wrote it and made sure to tell this story from the perspective of the less often heard Black girl. A man's world--specifically a white man's world is witnessed through the lens of a Black girl coming of age in New York, and it was at times, hard to read about the matter-of-fact ways girls and women were sexually and physically assaulted. But hard truths often need the most exposure, because they are so frequently covered up. I absolutely loved this novel and now know why it is considered by many a literary classic.