Shenise M. (shenise) reviewed on 3/11/2011

I really enjoyed this book, in fact I ended up reading it in one sitting. Some of the other reviewers comments are valid especially in regards to the unbelievable beginning and the misunderstandings. None of that took away from the book for me, in fact, the things that would seem unrealistic etc. where more like a bad car wreck I couldnt turn my head away from.There were some real book clencher moments as well! The author really captured some very real true concerns that I as a black woman married to a white man have had. Really, really stupid things that I know my husband has never really thought of but things that cross my mind, like the whole children thing. Ill start thinking of something that would seem so insignificant but is very culturally nuanced and common like my first trials and tribulations with a hot comb as a child and everything that go along with it. I will smile in remembrance to a good or bad experience then I stop and think, I may never have those same trials and tribulations with my own daughter because she will be different from me. Something seemingly so dumb can really hit home. The book was very good at capturing some of those unseemly feelings and emotions that you may not even be able to put words to, but she did!

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