A review by lunabbly
Those Bones Are Not My Child by Toni Cade Bambara

5.0

An epic novel. Every word matters, every scene, thought that passes through each character's mind, every single detail matters in Toni Cade Bambara's These Bones Are Not My Child. What a heartbreaking novel -- one that has an inconclusive ending that totally mirrors reality of injustice. The wrong murderer is convicted and is a scapegoat. We go through the emotional journey of Black motherhood when a child goes missing through Marzala / Zala while she continues to raise 2 of her other children. We get glimpses and reflections of being a Black war veteran through Spencer (the father). All against the backdrop of community rallying together to protect, save, and deliver justice and accountability in a country that will never do that for us until we take matters into our own hands.

It's incredibly detailed and was clearly written for the Black working class. With Toni Morrison as the editor, it is a magnanimous work. One that I will certainly have to revisit to fully understand and comprehend.