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During the summer of '54, 13-year-old Jubie, her mother, her siblings, and their black maid Mary head from North Carolina to Florida to visit her uncle. Along the way Jubie sees derogatory signs. Jubie's mother finds it hard to find a place for Mary to sleep for the night, she even finds it hard to ...
I have a problem - too many books, too little time. Yeah. So, I decided to make quick reviews of some books that were ok or worse. Watch Over Me - Gosh, it wasn`t so long ago, but I don`t remember almost anything about this book. For me it was boring, too much like self-help bullshit. 2 stars T...
http://www.bostonbibliophile.com/2011/06/review-dry-grass-of-august-by-anna-jean.html
I loved young Jubie; her honor, her courage, her fearless love for Mary. Yes, I enjoyed the character of Jubie! Her mother, not so much; her father, not at all; her older sister; didn't like her so much either! So the book is centered around life in the Carolina's during the 50's and how one youn...
This was a heavy story with what felt like a lot of moving parts. I feel like I never really grasped some of the important themes that Mayhew was trying to bring across. We learn early on that something happened to Mary. What kept me going through to the end was that mystery. Along the way, we're g...
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