![]() ![]() It’s among the novel’s many ironies that Sabe helps raise the granddaughter whose existence initially caused her such shame. ![]() Melody is deeply conflicted about her mother, who left her with her father and maternal grandparents, Sabe and Po’Boy Simmons, so she could study at Oberlin and not be thwarted by a baby’s demands. An extraordinary new novel about the influence of history on a contemporary family, from the New York Times-bestselling and National Book Award-winning author of Another Brooklyn and Brown Girl Dreaming. Woodson, an acclaimed author of young adult literature, shows that to understand the soul of a woman, we must understand the heart of the girl she once was. The beauty of this work is in its velvety shifts from the past to the present. Twirling in crinoline and lace while an orchestra plays Prince, Melody muses, “As we dance.I am not my parents’ once illegitimate daughter-I am a narrative.Remembered.” 10.70 33 Used from 2.00 30 New from 5.59 1 Collectible from 12.99. There is no such thing as a do-over, but this day is probably as close as anyone can get. ![]() The bespoke white gown she wears was intended for her mother’s coming-out party 16 years prior, but it wouldn’t zip over her pregnant body. The novel opens in 2001 as Melody makes her entry into polite society. ![]()
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