![]() Some are darkly humorous-from two mothers exchanging snide remarks through notes in their kids’ backpacks, to the young girl contemplating how best to notify her Facebook friends of her impending suicide-while others are devastatingly poignant-a new mother and funeral singer who is driven to madness with grief for the young black boys who have fallen victim to gun violence, or the teen who struggles between her upper middle class upbringing and her desire to fully connect with black culture. Here is more about this bookĮach captivating story plunges headfirst into the lives of new, utterly original characters. ![]() Heads of the Colored People is my third book from the fiction long list. I love book awards, even if I seldom agree. I know I won’t read them all any time soon, but I’m making a major effort to read a chunk of them. ![]() In my quest to be a “good and responsible” book reviewer I am reading my way through many of the long listed books for The National Book Award. The Stacks received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. ![]()
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