A review by melanie_reads
Black Bottom Saints by Alice Randall

4.0

What a lovely read unlike any book I’ve read of late. Alice Randall offers up a fictional autobiography of real-life Detroit celebrity Ziggy Johnson in the form of a Catholic-inspired saints book, complete with, get this, cocktails recipes.

This is the work of talent, imagination, and a true love for a lost or at least under-told history of Black Detroit. She had me Googling people left and right.

Bonus for those with short attention spans, this book is highly readable. You can read 5 or 10 minutes and get a good story about one of the saints, then pick it up later.

These are the stories that need to be told. I’ll definitely be checking out Randall’s backlist.