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Roots: The Saga of an American Family by Alex Haley

5.0

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I don't even think words can be adequate testimony to just what an emotional journey this book was. From Kunta's life in Africa, to his sail towards America, his friendship with the Fiddler, Kizzy, Chicken George, Tom; each step in his life and through the years and generations is an encompassing voyage, and every character is a pleasure to get to know. The book is engrossing, the story seeps off the page at compulsive speed, the people and their experiences so knowable and real and important to know and empathize with. A really wonderful book, and truly a saga befitting its name.