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A review by top0
Gather the Daughters by Jennie Melamed
5.0
What an incredible, heartbreaking book. I didn't love this book, that would be the wrong word, but I am glad I read it and would absolutely recommend it to others. Prisons are not always made of iron bars, and this book is a brutal testament to that fact.
I thought the understated aspects of the book were the most powerful. Towards the end Melamed writes, " Many daughters got new father's, and cried and cried". All of the implications in that one sentence are so overwhelming.
The writing was extraordinary and it's the one of the only times I can say I am very happy I've read it but don't know if I ever want to read it again.
I thought the understated aspects of the book were the most powerful. Towards the end Melamed writes, " Many daughters got new father's, and cried and cried". All of the implications in that one sentence are so overwhelming.
The writing was extraordinary and it's the one of the only times I can say I am very happy I've read it but don't know if I ever want to read it again.