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Gloria is a member of Simon & Schuster's Book Reader Advisory
Board, and she reviews S & S books under the pen name, 'ScribeLady'. Some of her reviews
are occasionally posted on this page.
This week's featured interview is with,
DR. SHAWN O. UTSEY
Associate Professor/African American Studies & Psychology
Chair of African American
Studies - Virginia Commonwealth University
and author of several Psychology and Cultural Diversity
related publications
For more information about Dr. Utsey and a list of his publications
THE HOUSE AT SUGAR BEACH: In Search of a Lost African Childhood, penned by HELENECOOPER, is a vivid memoir of Cooper’s
life among the Liberian elite before and after the devastating coup that left Liberia war-torn, and many of
its residents dead or scattered to other lands. Cooper’s work is an important slice of ‘world’
history, and should encourage some much-needed dialogue on American Black ‘freemen’, the founders of Liberia,
and the survival / lives of their descendants. This book is an engaging, highly-recommended read.
KILLING WILLIS by TODD BRIDGES
Watch the Stories-Behind-the-Story. This month's story-behind-the-story features
child-actor, TODD BRIDGES discussing his recently released biography, 'KILLING
WILLIS'
TODD BRIDGES: "I can honestly say that this is the most special time in
my entire life. I've been waiting for years to tell my side...
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Another excellent read:
NINETEEN MINUTES
By JODI
PICOULT
About:
In ""...In nineteen minutes, you can mow the front lawn, color your hair, watch
a third of a hockey game. In nineteen minutes, you can bake scones or get a tooth filled by a dentist; you can fold laundry
for a family of five....In nineteen minutes, you can stop the world, or you can just jump off it. In
nineteen minutes, you can get revenge..."
PUSH
By SAPPHIRE
Now the Major Motion Picture
‘PRECIOUS’
Book Review by: Gloria
Taylor Edwards
Warning:
from the beginning, despite her crude manners and foul-mouth, and before we get the full picture of her familial struggles,
protagonist Claireece Precious Jones, captures and holds the reader’s
heart and head throughout this entire story. So it’s not surprising that Claireece Precious Jones is one of
the most cogently-developed characters this reviewer has ever come upon in the many novels read and reviewed on this
platform. At times, it was difficult to read this novel without feeling startled over
the gritty reality of what life must be like for someone like Precious Jones. However, it’s the act of motherhood that
leads this illiterate, physically-sexually-emotionally abused single mother to push for something better –
a powerful reality-message to others caught up in life-situations that are similar to Precious Jones. Overall, PUSH carries a potent message of hope, self-discovery, and most of all,
redemptive liberation. Author, Sapphire, is a noted ‘performance
poet’, and it comes across in her inimitable style of perceptive, sometimes elegiac, form of storytelling. PUSHis an unforgettable story, worthy of adaptation to screen, and this reviewer can’t wait to see the movie! On a Reviewer’s Scale of 1 through 10 – with one being a devastatingly-bad-read
and ten being an awesomely-wonderful-read – PUSH scores a 10.5!
Reviewed:
11/3/2009
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