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A review by amandaannotates
Tales of Two Americas: Stories of Inequality in a Divided Nation by John Freeman
4.0
“The trouble with good fortune is that people tend to equate it with personal goodness, so that if things are going well for us and as well for others, we think they must have done something to have brought it on themselves. We speak of ourselves as being blessed, what but what can that mean except that others are not blessed, and that God has picked out a few of us to love more? It is our responsibility to care for one another, to create fairness in the face of unfairness, and to find equality where none may have existed in the past.”
This is the first book I ever read for college. I can't believe it. I'm going to the Honors College at the University of Arizona. And this is the first book I read for the Honors College. The first book I'll have college conversations about, the first one I can bond over with other college students about. And it's about inequality in America. Some stories hit harder, since I can relate to them as a bisexual Latina Hispanic woman. My favorite stories were by Edwidge Danticat, Roxanne Gay, Anthony Doerr, and Ann Patchett. I loved the poems. I highlighted and wrote so many things in between the margin.
I can't believe I'm going to college. I can't believe I'm going to live in a dorm. I can't believe it. I'm so glad I got to read this book. I'm so excited about college. I'm so excited to have thought-provoking discussions about this book.
This is the first book I ever read for college. I can't believe it. I'm going to the Honors College at the University of Arizona. And this is the first book I read for the Honors College. The first book I'll have college conversations about, the first one I can bond over with other college students about. And it's about inequality in America. Some stories hit harder, since I can relate to them as a bisexual Latina Hispanic woman. My favorite stories were by Edwidge Danticat, Roxanne Gay, Anthony Doerr, and Ann Patchett. I loved the poems. I highlighted and wrote so many things in between the margin.
I can't believe I'm going to college. I can't believe I'm going to live in a dorm. I can't believe it. I'm so glad I got to read this book. I'm so excited about college. I'm so excited to have thought-provoking discussions about this book.