A review by kittykornerlibrarian
Absalom's Daughters by Suzanne Feldman

2.0

This is an interesting idea, but for me it didn't sustain itself. I was checking toward the end to see how much more I had to read before it was over, and that's never a good sign. Cassie and Judith are half-sisters with the same white father; but Cassie's mother is black and Judith's mother is white. The story is told from Cassie's point of view, and since Cassie is not the kind of person who seems to question very much that goes on around her, maybe that's why the story fell a little flat for me. The two sisters end up on a road trip from Mississippi to Virginia together, after Judith gets a mysterious letter about a possible inheritance from their father. There's some magical realism along the way for Cassie. There are themes about race and identity, but I don't think they're very well developed. The narrative is merely a string of events punctuated by forgettable dialogue. Kind of a disappointment.