Some Sing, Some Cry

from Litfan

I almost gave up on this book halfway through; I actually did take a break for a couple of weeks. I am so glad I went back and finished it. This is the multigenerational saga of an African American family, descended from both slaves and plantation owners in the Gullah islands of South Carolina. T...

from nittnut

Beginning with the end of the Civil War, it is a multi generational saga of an African American family, and a good piece of American history as well. The intermingling of American musical history gave the story added depth. As is to be expected of a book of this scope, there is a huge number of c...

from chrissie3

This book follows seven generations of a Black-American family AND Black-American music AND American history from slavery, the Reconstruction, WW1, the flu epidemic, the flappers, the Depression, WW2, the Vietnam war all the way through to the 21st Century. 568 pages or 26 and 1/2 hours of listen...

from BarbaraHouston

I sang and I cried through this book -- and I have started it again as soon as I finished it the first time.. This novel is the history of an African American family from slavery through the civil rights movement. The audio novel is captures the music that colored the lives of these women ,,, pri...

from BarbaraHouston

I sang and I cried through this book -- and I have started it again as soon as I finished it the first time.. This novel is the history of an African American family from slavery through the civil rights movement. The audio novel is captures the music that colored the lives of these women ,,, pri...