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Beautiful cover😍and I want to read it🤗

@Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Maryse Condé died yesterday. She won the New Academy Prize (the alternative to the Nobel Prize for Literature awarded in 2018, when the Nobel Academy was on hiatus).
I read my 1st book by her when I was 11 - it was a middle-school novel called Haiti chérie. I had no idea she was a renowned writer then. I've been meaning to read her latest - The Gospel According to the New World. I should now.

Solid 3 stars. Such an interesting novel. About halfway and beyond it teetered from slow to rushed. Still enjoyed most of it.

A brilliant book with a wonderful central character, Washington ‘Wash‘ Black. His emotional story is skilfully narrated throughout the novel and the character development from boy to man is superbly written. I defy anyone not to feel deeply for him. The ending seemed to bring him some peace and I was relieved that he was determined to be recognised for the brilliant mind he was in the end, rather than become a footnote to his own achievements.

Stunning book...
It's so hard to believe this is a debut novel. It's stunning. It's beautiful. It's heartbreaking. Many times I broke down and cried while reading this story. But the author wrote a piece of poetry here. One that is both heartbreaking and sad. It's written with such feeling.

Full review: http://tinyurl.com/mspesd7p

@eleanorbshearer
@berkleypub
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Read this book for #Guyana for #ReadingTheAmericas2023 @Librarybelle @BarbaraBb

An excellent book that tells the story of Rachel that following being freed as a slave set about travelling across Barbados, Guyana and Trinidad to find her lost children with very different outcomes. This is based on many true events for freed slaves and feels like must reading. Great humanity came across in this book.

Finished this book set in 19th Century #Barbados amongst the slave trade for #ReadingTheAmericas2023. @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB

A very comprehensive book that amongst other things takes in the slave trade, a cholera Pandemic and a slave uprising. Well worth devoting time to this Read.

Book 9 finished in November #Rushathon @DieAReader @Ghabi4Roses

I enjoyed this book about a mother searching for the children taken from her. Her need to find them was relatable and her bravery was inspiring. The author‘s writing was quite beautiful. Overall, I really enjoyed this debut novel. I will look forward to hearing more from this author.

I basically like the Author notes more than the story itself.😅😅 no offense