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A review by takemyhand
Betty by Tiffany McDaniel
5.0
there are hot tears streaming down my face right now.
i think i would have never picked up this book if i hadn't gotten it as a gift, and i am truly so grateful i did (thank you to my cousin for seeing it and thinking of me). the story of betty carpenter is one of deep sorrows, as a half-cherokee girl who had no choice but to grow up in a world where her mere existence would be disrespected. the story of betty carpenter is also, inevitably, one of strength, her own and one of her sisters, mother, of the women around her who have taught her all she knows. it is one of love, the one she has for her father, for her brothers. it is a story of stories, countless of them that i will now carry with me, for the simplicity and beauty of them will remain engraved in my mind until i leave this earth.
"betty" has got to be one of the most devastatingly beautiful works of contemporary literature, and, truly, i am blessed to have read it.
i believe there are people whose lives are stories waiting to be told, for everyone to learn something from them, to share their happiness and pain if only to make it easier on them, to share the burden. i believe everyone needs to read the one of betty carpenter.
i think i would have never picked up this book if i hadn't gotten it as a gift, and i am truly so grateful i did (thank you to my cousin for seeing it and thinking of me). the story of betty carpenter is one of deep sorrows, as a half-cherokee girl who had no choice but to grow up in a world where her mere existence would be disrespected. the story of betty carpenter is also, inevitably, one of strength, her own and one of her sisters, mother, of the women around her who have taught her all she knows. it is one of love, the one she has for her father, for her brothers. it is a story of stories, countless of them that i will now carry with me, for the simplicity and beauty of them will remain engraved in my mind until i leave this earth.
"betty" has got to be one of the most devastatingly beautiful works of contemporary literature, and, truly, i am blessed to have read it.
i believe there are people whose lives are stories waiting to be told, for everyone to learn something from them, to share their happiness and pain if only to make it easier on them, to share the burden. i believe everyone needs to read the one of betty carpenter.