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pickThis was more scandalous and salacious than I was expecting. I was curious to read about Rebecca Walker‘s upbringing as a child of mixed race and cultures but what I read was a story of neglectful parenting, numerous sexual escapades and unrecognized privilege. It was a compelling read but I would have like to learn more about her navigating chilhood. Now I‘m very eager to read Alice Walker‘s memoir. I wonder how she‘ll cover these same years.
thereadingpal Oh I'm very curious about this book now, I gotta be honest. It seems like a really compelling read 3y
Graywacke I wouldn‘t have thought about this book and now I‘m fascinated after your posts. Do you have any reservations reading Alice Walker? (I would have to overcome mine.) 3y
Cinfhen I read The Color Purple and was really impressed with Walker‘s storytelling and compassion so to read her daughter‘s memoir and gain a totally different perspective about her as a parent, caretaker, responsible adult was SHOCKING @Graywacke @thereadingpal this book was written in the early 2000‘s so I wonder if Rebecca Walker has ever retracted any of her claims 3y
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thereadingpal @Cinfhen I'd have to read The Color Purple then this, to make a comparison, I think 🤔 it must really be shocking! 3y
Graywacke @Cinfhen Wikipedia says mother and daughter were estranged and later reconciled - with 2019 citations on their reconciliation. She must have had quite a childhood. 3y
Cinfhen I‘m not surprised by the estrangement nor the reconciliation- that‘s how life goes. Apparently Rebecca Walker penned additional books @Graywacke and it seems she‘s sort of stepped away from anything to do with her father. 3y
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