The Wedding: A Novel | 
pickFirst of all, massive kudos to Dorothy West for her career - and what inspiration to continue your art through your eighties 🙌 (screen shot from The Paris Review)
This novel was heading for 5 stars but ended quite abruptly. I do wonder if West‘s age or health put some pressure to tie things up. Aside from that this was a unique look at an upper class black family in their holiday home organising a wedding in the 50s. It looks primarily at ⬇️
Centique Marriage, race and class (including the bias of light versus dark) as we pivot back from the current family to the last two or three generations and their history. The writing and setting was a delight, and there are some unforgettable scenes in here. It‘s a little treasure of a book ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 14mo
Reggie Sound great. 14mo
Jeg I‘ve put it on my library list. Sounds a good read. Great review. For some of my childhood in the 50s I was living in New Hampshire. I never saw a person of colour except on the cake mix box. Aunt Jemima . 14mo
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Centique @Reggie when you want a quiet read this is a good one. A lot to talk about - again! - and the rushed ending would be another topic. Also whether she let some of the white people off too easy 😬 14mo
Centique @Jeg wow, what an interesting place to spend some of your childhood! And mind blowing that it was so white there. I think you would enjoy this book all the more with having some of your own history with the setting. 14mo
batsy This sounds great. And the bit about her career and the gap between the books is very inspiring. There's no "proper" way to have a writing career, as it turns out ❤️ 14mo
Centique @batsy exactly! Sounds like she had such an interesting life and I‘m keen to read her first novel and maybe see how her style or themes developed. 14mo
