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Children Of The Waters (2009)

by Carleen Brice(Favorite Author)

3.81 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0345499077 (ISBN13: 9780345499073)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

One World/Ballantine

review 1: Children of the Waters was a little disappointing to me. It was still a good read. But, I guess I expected something different. Trish is White, and has a biracial son named Will. She was raised by her very strict and sometimes cruel grandparents. Her mother and baby sister are killed in a car accident (or so she thinks). In the beginning of the book she keeps finding jigsaw puzzle pieces. Her late grandmother loved puzzles. It's a message from the beyond, of course. Her grandmother honestly had misgivings about the way things went. Trish finds out her baby sister actually lived. But, her father was Black. So her grandparents did not want to raise her. She finds her younger sister (Billie) but it's not a warm family reunion. Billie's character was not that likeable to me. S... moreure, finding out you are half White, the parents you grew up thinking were yours biologically are not, and all of a sudden there is a sister you never knew existed suddenly showing up literally on your doorstep is a lot to deal with. Especially if you just found out you are pregnant (with lupus) and your live in boyfriend is not only unhappy but pulling away.But Billie seemed to blame Trish for everything. Racism included. She was disdainful at Trish's ignorance on certain topics relating to Black history. I understand misplaced and misdirected anger but her character went beyond. It alternated between the two women. I still want to read the authors other works. I just hope they are not as frustrating to read.
review 2: I previously read Orange Mint & Honey by Carleen Brice so I thought I would try her second book. I think I liked it more! Carleen Brice is a Denver author and sets her books in Denver so it's fun to know exactly where she is referencing. This book is about a troubled young woman that we don't really get to know. She has one child Trish and leaves Trish with her parents to raise. She then comes home pregnant again - this time by a black man. She dies from a heroin overdose. The grandparents flat out admit they do not want to raise a black child and put the baby up for adoption. Fast forward 30 odd years and due to a twist of fate the two sisters end up meeting each other. I love the characters, they seem so real. I laughed and I cried in this book. Good read. less

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