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A Little Piece of Sky By Soror Nicole Bailey-Williams
EXCELLENT BOOK. I read it today at the hair salon and it was so good. Think House on Mango Street in terms of writing style -- vignettes.
From Library Journal
Like a gifted quilter, Bailey-Williams has stitched together the pieces of a woman's life to form a seamless portrait of survival and healing. As a child, Song Byrd is burdened with poverty and abuse: her alcoholic single mother locks her in the bathroom, her sister steals to buy drugs, and one brother is always in jail, while the other is a wanderer. When Song's mother is murdered, her life takes a sudden and unexpected turn, and she must confront feelings of guilt as she grows up. Bailey-Williams, a high school English teacher, has written a debut that reads like an urban diary, filled with hardships but also acts of love and kindness, told matter-of-factly and without melodrama. Her refusal to make Song a victim is refreshing, and her ability to convey so much feeling in so few words makes this novel almost a prose poem. Highly recommended, particularly for young adults.
Kudos Soror Nicole
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I am a woman, I make mistakes. I make them often. God has given me a talent and that's it. ~ Jill Scott
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