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Mama Day by Gloria Naylor

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I picked up this book by impulse when it was on sale, and then ended up never reading it for about a year and a half. HUGE mistake. I could have experienced the magic so much sooner.

Mama Day is a fascinating look into a tiny Black island community, with a vivid history and a culture whose depth and meaning the author skillfully relates without overloading the exposition. The bonds between the residents of the islands, their entangled pasts, and the trauma in some of those pasts were amazingly clear even when so few details were granted. 

I can't find the right words to explain my feelings on the magic in this book, the way it's written, the way it's performed, its effects and its subtlety and the moments where it loses that subtlety. All I can say is this is an amazing narrative on family and tragedy and surviving tragedy. 

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