tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8136422718652647102.post705821886989973382..comments2024-03-27T08:14:24.973-04:00Comments on Bookish Blather: Review: Leaving Gee's Bend by Irene LathamAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13223450892316241062noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8136422718652647102.post-45037700781474322392010-04-27T22:48:51.615-04:002010-04-27T22:48:51.615-04:00Hello, and thanks so much for reading and reviewin...Hello, and thanks so much for reading and reviewing! Seeing the cover art for the first time was one of the most emotional moments of the whole publishing process... I looked at that little girl with her foot in the air -- actually doing this thing, leaving the only place she's ever known -- and I thought, there's my girl, there's Ludelphia. If you'd like to send me your snail mail address to irene at irenelatham dot com, I'd love to send you a little something "Gee's Bend." Happy reading!Irene Lathamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905936104127707762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8136422718652647102.post-35965077311082109782010-04-26T22:00:34.913-04:002010-04-26T22:00:34.913-04:00Ack, I can't believe I messed up that link. I ...Ack, I can't believe I messed up that link. I just paid attention to the 'in my mailbox' part at the end and yours is the only IMM post that I currently read regularly. Fixed now!<br /><br />On a more relevant note: you are totally right about the white store owner, though I think the hardships of sharecropping were well implied. Ludelphia couldn't complain much in the narrative about her life because until she made it to Camden she hadn't experienced life outside of Gee's Bend. But we as the readers can see that it's a hard life - lack of medicine, lack of <i>shoes</i>, and a few broken eggs mean no bread with dinner.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13223450892316241062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8136422718652647102.post-76302715221459904232010-04-26T20:33:22.456-04:002010-04-26T20:33:22.456-04:00I liked this one. I do love the font on the cover,...I liked this one. I do love the font on the cover, that it's a POC and I didn't even notice, but I agree: I like that the model is wearing a "shapeless" dress.<br /><br />It does answer my call, though I must admit that I was disappointed by some parts of it. I felt that the white owner was made too sympathetic. Sure she was evil, but she had a rather sad reason. Which can be realisic I suppose, but I wouldn't want any child to read this book and think that sharecropping wasn't that bad and that all white land owners were grief-deranged. I'm sure few would think this, but you never know.<br /><br />I still want to know why Gee's Bend is so famous for quilting.<br /><br />As always, great review!<br /><br />PS I think you meant to say that you found it via Abby the librarian (that's what the link is for).<br /><br />Sorry about your slow library =/MissAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11042352415616854651noreply@blogger.com