Sassafrass, Cypress and Indigo
Sassafrass, Cypress and Indigo is the story of three "colored girls," three sisters and their mama from Charleston, South Carolina: Sassafrass, the oldest, a poet and a weaver like her mother, gone north to college, living with other artists in Los Angeles and trying to weave a life out of her...
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Sassafrass, Cypress and Indigo is the story of three "colored girls," three sisters and their mama from Charleston, South Carolina: Sassafrass, the oldest, a poet and a weaver like her mother, gone north to college, living with other artists in Los Angeles and trying to weave a life out of her work, her man, her memories and dreams; Cypress, the dancer,who leaves home to find new ways of moving and easing the contractions of her soul; Indigo, the youngest, still a child of Charleston—"too much of the south in her"—who lives in poetry, can talk to her dolls, and has a great gift of seeing the obvious magic of the world.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780312140915 (0312140916)
ASIN: 312140916
Publish date: January 15th 1996
Publisher: Picador
Pages no: 240
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Literature,
Cultural,
American,
Adult,
African American,
Feminism,
Family,
Contemporary,
Poetry,
Womens
I picked this book up as part of a Treasure Hunt challenge, to fit the category of "Titles containing any shade of purple". This is exactly what I was hoping to get from the challenge - the discovery of a great book that I otherwise would never have chosen for myself.SC&I tells the story of three Af...
i wish it had focused on all the sisters stories equally but this is a really beautiful book. i love the way she writes!
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