A review by figgyreads
All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake by Tiya Miles

emotional informative sad fast-paced

5.0

This was a poignant and detailed read. I am very confused by some of the other reviews saying this should’ve been an essay or that it wasn’t what was expected. The author took the sack, the items inside of it, and the stitching on the outside to paint a picture and fill in missing gaps where needed. She took known information of the time and identified the most likely scenarios that would’ve led to the creation and packing of the sack. I thought it was brilliantly done and offered another lens of the time period that I hadn’t seen before.