A review by izmc
All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake by Tiya Miles

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

What a beautifully tragic story of love. I’m still processing this book. I want to follow up on more research on the link between how the bag was packed with practicality, faith, and even magic. Miles wrote in such a fascinating way, highlighting the “violence of the archives,” and looking at the connections of materiality, bodies, history, and love. I’m going to have to return to this book so many times. I can believe I waited to read it for so long.