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Catfish Alley (2011)

by Lynne Bryant(Favorite Author)

4.05 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0451232283 (ISBN13: 9780451232281)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

NAL Trade

review 1: 1931 is not an easy time to be black in Clarksville, Mississippi. The community of slave descendants is tightly knit, supportive and protective of their own but really bad things still happen. In 2002, Roxanne Reeves, a white woman who is the director of the annual Antebellum Plantation Tour in the town, is responsible-much to her dismay-for developing a tour that will include spots in the town important to the African-American community. Grace Clark, elderly black citizen of Clarksville who has a powerful memory, leads Roxanne through the stories of the black community, introducing the white community to the invisible people in their midst. For readers who loved The Help.(Nancy E., North Branch)
review 2: This was a gripping book and I really liked it. I alwa... moreys love a good southern book; always colorful characters. The book wrapped itself up a little too nicely at the end (even though I like happy endings), but I still enjoyed it. My only other complaint is that it seemed like there were a few too many narrators. I normally enjoy books that go back and forth between perspectives, but this felt like a few too many and sometimes I even had to remind myself who was telling the story. I found the author's comments at the end of the book really interesting, that even though it seems like we live in an integrated society, prejudice still exists. Hard to believe! less

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