I was just adding some information to my cool Bibliophile planner when I noticed that today was Alice Walker‘s birthday! Happy birthday Ms. Walker!!! Thank you for the amazing voice you bring to our lives and for coining the term “womanist! 🎈🎈🎈
“He had enslaved his own family, given them weakness when they needed strength, made them powerless before an enemy that stood beyond him. Now when they thought of “the enemy” their own father would straddle their vision”
This book was so hard to read and the ending didn‘t feel “finished”. It was sad but I can appreciate the character development in Ruth‘s grandfather even if his actions alone started the downwards spiral of his entire family.
“I never did wabrvto be no sharecropper, never did want to work for nobody else, never did want to have white folks where they could poke themselves right into my life and me have nothing to do with it”
I just couldn't do it. The domestic abuse was too triggering. There were almost 200 more pages to go, and it wasn't letting up, and I already wanted to gouge out my amygdala. I really hate PTSD.
The Third Life of Grange Copeland | 
