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Originally posted by From_the_roots
and that book by Sista Souljah...the name escapes me right now...
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I think you may be talking about
The Coldest Winter Ever
Yay!!! This thread I like....
Two of my FAVE books of all time are
1)
Coming of Age in Mississippi By Anne Moody... after reading that book I was changed forever... her vivid description of the injustices she witnessed/experienced were so powerful... the poverty, the racism... I remember walking around with a permanent scowl for like a week and I was a freshman in high school... y'all I was angry... there was a consciousness I wasnt aware I had... and SHE WAS ONLY 28 WHEN SHE WROTE IT!!!!
2) Okay I have a confession to make... Well its not much of a confession, more than the realization that after most people read this I'll be exposed for being so corny... back in the day that is (dont get it twisted)...
See I grew up in an incredibly strict, pseudo socially conservative, men-are-men type of household... so I will never forget the fall of 1995, I was a sophmore in high school, and there was this book that was being passed around to all of the girls in school... like the WHOLE Varsity and JV Cheerleading squad had read it, the Band Girls had read it, and it was circling and making its way through the various cliques in the school, Im cracking up as a I read this because my school was HUGE (~2200 kids) and there was ONE copy of this book that was being circulated... When the book finally got around to me, I took it home and I used to wait for everyone to go to bed, close my door, turn the light on in my bedroom, put clothes by the bottom of the door so the light wouldnt shine through the crack, and get my read on... I could NOT put it DOWN... it was so good and everrrrrryone was talking about it
it was
Invisible Life by E. Lynn Harris