A review by heathero621
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson

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4.5

This book follows three people (Ida Mae, George, and Robert) that migrated from the South to the North during the Great Migration of Black people in the US.  The book also talks about the Great Migration.  Isabel's writing/research in this book is outstanding.  It was a little bit of a slow burn for me, but I enjoyed slowly learning about each of the characters and what they went through and why they migrated from the South.  I thought that she did a fantastic job in telling the stories of the three people.  I liked the extra information that she gave about why people were migrating and what was going on during the migration.  I think my only complaint was that I would have liked to know more about the great migration and hear other stories.  I know that her focus was mostly on the three people, but I would have liked to learn more about this time period.  She did write about the extra stuff I wanted to hear about, but I just wish that there was more of it.