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A review by korilondon
Like Sisters on the Homefront by Rita Williams-Garcia
5.0
This was AMAZING!!! I cried 2 times at the end and I’m really amazed this book doesn’t have more reviews! To think I stumbled across this looking for a book by Gayl Jones and figured I’d use this as a “light” read since the book I originally wanted wasn’t available!.
This book is Funny, relatable , thought provoking and I’m shocked it’s marketed towards teens just due to the subject matter , but then again the author is not discussing things that teens aren’t going through. But Do not let that stop you from reading this if you’re an adult (I’m an adult and I loved it lol)
**trigger warning this does deal with forced abortion , teen motherhood , and explicit content**
My issue with the cover of this book is they depicted the 14 year young mother as a brown /dark skinned girl when she is a light skinned girl. Disgusting they would not only get the cover wrong on the original but also on the updated version. Gayle is described as “yellow bone” there’s absolutely NO REASON to make her brown/dark skinned on the cover of this book except to play into colorism stereotypes. I blame this on the publisher !!
But as far as the writer this was a fantastic story! Great for mature teens and adults !
This book is Funny, relatable , thought provoking and I’m shocked it’s marketed towards teens just due to the subject matter , but then again the author is not discussing things that teens aren’t going through. But Do not let that stop you from reading this if you’re an adult (I’m an adult and I loved it lol)
**trigger warning this does deal with forced abortion , teen motherhood , and explicit content**
My issue with the cover of this book is they depicted the 14 year young mother as a brown /dark skinned girl when she is a light skinned girl. Disgusting they would not only get the cover wrong on the original but also on the updated version. Gayle is described as “yellow bone” there’s absolutely NO REASON to make her brown/dark skinned on the cover of this book except to play into colorism stereotypes. I blame this on the publisher !!
But as far as the writer this was a fantastic story! Great for mature teens and adults !