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A review by ccmitch
The Mothers by Brit Bennett
4.0
THIS ONE’S A PAGE TURNER…or should I say, screen tapper, since I read it on my Kindle!
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The Mothers is Brit Bennett’s debut book, and after reading The Vanishing Half earlier this year, I knew I needed to read it. .
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Set in Oceanside, CA, within a church congregation made up of Black parrishioners, it gives an up close look at their lives. We witness teens, young twenty-something people, and their parents interact with each other as issues such as grief, abortion, infertility, lies, and secrets arise. The story is also told through the eyes of “The Mothers”, elderly women in the church who meet daily to pray for the needs of the church goers. Along with prayer, there’s a whole lot of gossip and judgement that occurs within this circle.
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The Mothers is Brit Bennett’s debut book, and after reading The Vanishing Half earlier this year, I knew I needed to read it. .
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Set in Oceanside, CA, within a church congregation made up of Black parrishioners, it gives an up close look at their lives. We witness teens, young twenty-something people, and their parents interact with each other as issues such as grief, abortion, infertility, lies, and secrets arise. The story is also told through the eyes of “The Mothers”, elderly women in the church who meet daily to pray for the needs of the church goers. Along with prayer, there’s a whole lot of gossip and judgement that occurs within this circle.
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