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I read some of it, but mostly listened via audiobook.
This is a non-fiction book focusing primarily on the mothers of three famous Black leaders in America, and how those women shaped their son's lives and supported them. It also talks in general about Black motherhood, and the lack of support and respect Black women and Black mothers get.
There was a lot of good and valuable information in this book. However, I often found it hard to follow, and the way it jumped from person to person was confusing at times, especially because I was listening to the audio and there were no markers to tell me we were switching family stories. The various timelines and family histories are all intermingled.
The author does take a very storytelling type approach in a lot of it, but is careful to specify when something is unknown, as not all of the mothers histories are well documented. It does go through the deaths of each of their sons, through the end of their lives as well. It got especially rambly toward the end, IMO.
I am glad I read (listened) to it, because I learned new things I didn't know before. If I did it over again, I would have stuck with reading words instead of listening, I think I would have gotten more out of it in that case.
This is a non-fiction book focusing primarily on the mothers of three famous Black leaders in America, and how those women shaped their son's lives and supported them. It also talks in general about Black motherhood, and the lack of support and respect Black women and Black mothers get.
There was a lot of good and valuable information in this book. However, I often found it hard to follow, and the way it jumped from person to person was confusing at times, especially because I was listening to the audio and there were no markers to tell me we were switching family stories. The various timelines and family histories are all intermingled.
The author does take a very storytelling type approach in a lot of it, but is careful to specify when something is unknown, as not all of the mothers histories are well documented. It does go through the deaths of each of their sons, through the end of their lives as well. It got especially rambly toward the end, IMO.
I am glad I read (listened) to it, because I learned new things I didn't know before. If I did it over again, I would have stuck with reading words instead of listening, I think I would have gotten more out of it in that case.