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A review by kjboldon
Tell Me Your Names and I Will Testify: Essays by Carolyn Holbrook
5.0
A beautiful and powerful collection of essays. Holbrook shares her personal stories like the gifts they are, of her journeys in single motherhood, teaching, writing, and community advocacy. I'm in awe of her persistence despite the many obstacles she writes about here, and so impressed by her many achievements, which include this book.
Some reviewers comment that the book is repetitive, or disjointed. I didn't find this, but in any case, this is a collection of different pieces, published separately over a number of years, so is not meant to be read as a linear, singlular narrative--it's an essay collection, not a conventional memoir.
Some reviewers comment that the book is repetitive, or disjointed. I didn't find this, but in any case, this is a collection of different pieces, published separately over a number of years, so is not meant to be read as a linear, singlular narrative--it's an essay collection, not a conventional memoir.