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Title: You Know Better: A Novel by Tina McElroy Ansa ISBN: 006019779X Publisher: William Morrow Pub. Date: 02 April, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.14
Rating: 3
Summary: Not her best, but worth reading
Comment: I am in a book club that reads African-American/Third World writers. This novel tells the 24 hour drama of three generations of women family members. I really enjoyed the beginning of the book and laughed out loud at some parts throughout the book. However, this book does repeat itself (character dialoge) that was uninteresting the third time you read it. This may be how people really speak, but it is annoying when reading it over a couple days. For instance, the line "You know, children don't take after strangers" is brilliant! But the third time I read it, well, it lost its punch. All in all, I would recommend the book. In particular, all three spirits were exceptional written, I enjoyed the grandmother Lily, didn't 'appreciate' the daughter Sandra and was truly 'scared' of the granddaughter LaShawndra. She is a segment of today's generation that is absolutely every parents nightmare. But she is real! And for that I give Ms. Ansa all the credit.
Rating: 5
Summary: Ghostly Lessons
Comment: I decided to purchase this book one day after I went to a booksigning to hear Tina McElroy Ansa and to decide if
I wanted to read this book. I was so impressed with her speaking and
her description of the book and the point she was trying to make
with this book, I could not help but buy it. I am glad I did.
This is this author's fouth novel, and my first time reading any of
her works.
In the town of Mulberry, GA, Lily Paines Pines is up in the wee
hours in the morning searching for her wayward granddaugter,
LaShawndra. Along for the ride is Miss Moses. Miss Moses does not
say much, but she is there to help Lily think through her thoughts
on her ex-husband, daughter and granddaughter. Lily Pines also
ponders on how she was able to balance a teen pregancy, marriage and
career and why her daughter could not do the same and where did they
go wrong with LaShawndra.
Sandra is also riding around Mulberry, kind of looking for her
coochie daughter, as she is taking Nurse Bloom around town to look
at property. Sandra is telling Nurse Bloom about how she can not
control that coochie, about her feelings of abandonment by her
baby's daddy, her love and relationship with her father, her
accomplishments, possession and her relationship with the minister.
Sandra, of the ME generation gets several reality checks from Nurse
Bloom during their journey.
LaShawndra, is a self proclaimed "ho" and is proud of the title.
She is self-centered and knows she is a disappointment to her
grandmother and mother. She has one goal in life and that is to
dance in a music video. LaShawndra is hitching a ride out of
Mulberry as she has messed up again and is not going to stick around
to face the consequences. She is picked up by Ms Liza Jane Dyer.
During their slow moving ride out of Mulberry to the Freaknik in
Atlanta, LaShawndra tells Ms Liza Jane of her ambitions, and her
relationships with the women in the family. One things that she
does that just gets on Ms Liza Jane nerves is the constant degatory
remarks LaShawndra makes about herself. Ms Liza Jane tries to
reinforce to LaShawndra she can be all she wants to be and that she
needs to face the music back in Mulberry instead of running away all
the time. What LaShawndra did not realize was that in their own
subtle, non-confrontational way, her mother and grandmother were
saying the same things to her that Ms Liza did, except it was not
sugar-coated but direct, so LaShawndra could hear it better.
I liked how in this novel, it shows three generations of women and
how they dealt with life, children and responsibility. I also liked
how each ghost represented the consciousness of each woman and help
them to see their strengths and weaknesses.
This is a good, highly recommended novel. For me, I am going to
check out the rest of Ms Ansa's work, especially The Hand I Fan
With, as I have heard so many good things about this one.
Jeanette Wallington
APOOO bookclub
Rating: 2
Summary: SAVE YOUR MONEY!!!
Comment: I picked this book up with very high expectations. I ordered the Harcover edition of this book because I thought for sure it was going to be a prized gem in my library. WRONG!!! This has to be the most BORING book I've read in my entire life and I am not one to criticize, but it was just poorly written. She said the same things over and over again such as "You know children don't take after strangers", which was cute at first but quickly turned into a nuisance.I was so bored I almost put this book on the shelf without finishing it and I always finish books. I finished the book to see if it was going to get any better. WRONG AGAIN! If I had known it was this bad I would have saved my money and used it towards something better. If you just have to read it, please borrow it from someone or check it out from the libary!!
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Title: Sittin' in the Front Pew by Parry A. Brown ISBN: 0375757058 Publisher: Villard Books Pub. Date: 09 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: P.G. County by Connie Briscoe ISBN: 0385501617 Publisher: Doubleday Pub. Date: 17 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: A Love of My Own: A Novel by E. Lynn Harris ISBN: 0385492707 Publisher: Doubleday Pub. Date: 30 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: What You Owe Me by Bebe Moore Campbell ISBN: 0399147845 Publisher: Putnam Pub Group Pub. Date: 06 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: I Wish I Had a Red Dress by Pearl Cleage ISBN: 0380804883 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 09 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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