A gripping new work of narrative nonfiction telling the forgotten story of the mass killing of eleven Black farmhands on a Georgia plantation in the spring of 1921 - a crime which exposed for the nation the existence of the “peonage system,” a form of legal enslavement established after the Civil War across the American South.
*Great bit of unknown history! Sad and tragic, often are most things regarding Black folks in the South during this time, but a very enlightening read nonetheless. 4 out of 5 stars.
It is the story of a young man who, transformed overnight into a giant beetle-like insect, becomes an object of disgrace to his family, an outsider in his own home, a quintessentially alienated man.
*This was a re-read from high school! Still a fascinating novella that holds up really well for being written in 1915! 5 out of 5 stars
Eden Fox, an artist on the brink of her big break, sets off for a run before her first exhibition. When she returns to the home she recently moved into, Spyglass, an enchanting old house in Hope Falls, nothing is as it should be. Her key doesn’t fit. A woman, eerily similar to her, answers the door. And her husband insists that the stranger is his wife. One house. One husband. Two women. Someone is lying.
*There were wayyyy too many twists in this novel and they didn't even make sense! First and last time reading this author. 2 out of 5 stars.
Taking us to the dawn of Western obstetrics, A Womb of One's Own offers a feminist account of how, against a long tradition of midwifery, male doctors began claiming authority in reproductive matters, with an emphasis on theoretical rather than practical knowledge. Their intrusion paved the way for the later criminalization of midwives and the cloaking of childbirth in secrecy and shame.
*This was pretty straight forward and shows that in terms of childbirth and pregnancies, nothing really changes (in terms of men trying to lord over women's bodies.) Another enlightening read.
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