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A review by passionyoungwrites
The Yellow House: A Memoir by Sarah M. Broom
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
5.0
The Yellow House is a memoir that gives an account of the authors family history, their hometown and the authors journey in knowing those that came before her. She weaves all of this information into this novel with extensive research, conversations and allows the readers to journey along with her.
Broom tells us of her family’s ancestry, all the way back to her maternal great - grandmother. We learn of each generation in great detail and their spouses all the way down to her own generation. Broom is the youngest of twelve children, having never met her father - he died when she was six months old.
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I really don’t pick up nonfiction fast, however I do enjoy stories that highlight actual people and actual events. As a memoir, The Yellow House takes you on a wild ride. Along with family history, Broom shares how her family made it through Hurricane Katrina, how they separated, and came together. It also gives us a deeper look into New Orleans from a political standpoint.
Broom also gives us an account of how the Yellow House became to be, how it had a lasting impact on her family, and how it shaped them as individuals - even when it was no longer standing.
Broom tells us of her family’s ancestry, all the way back to her maternal great - grandmother. We learn of each generation in great detail and their spouses all the way down to her own generation. Broom is the youngest of twelve children, having never met her father - he died when she was six months old.
💛
I really don’t pick up nonfiction fast, however I do enjoy stories that highlight actual people and actual events. As a memoir, The Yellow House takes you on a wild ride. Along with family history, Broom shares how her family made it through Hurricane Katrina, how they separated, and came together. It also gives us a deeper look into New Orleans from a political standpoint.
Broom also gives us an account of how the Yellow House became to be, how it had a lasting impact on her family, and how it shaped them as individuals - even when it was no longer standing.