Nowhere Is a Place (Paperback)

from sringle1202

This is the first book that I have read by Bernice L. McFadden, and I received it in return for an honest review. So to be honest, I loved it!! In my own relationship with MY mother, I have often faced the questions "why doesn't she love me more?" and "why is she the way she is?" and also "why am...

from juniperSun

I would read another of McFadden's books any day of the week-not because this one made me feel happy and lighthearted (she writes about a shameful time in American history)-but because she brings me the experience of someone else's life. Nowhere Is A Place takes us from a young Indian girl sold i...

from Jeanomario

I've read two Bernice L. McFadden novels this year, both via Librarything's early reviewer books, and I just eat them up! She is a bold story-teller with unflinching characters. Her writing is beautifully crafted with minimalist prose but vivid imagery. I will read others by this author, having n...

from mclane

A gripping, funny, terrible story of five generations of one African American/Native American family and their experiences. Beginning with Nyeli, a six year old Indian girl sold into slavery in 1836, this story follows her descendents up into the final years of the 20th century. It is told in the...

from altima313

The story within a story, guiding you from today into the past with great smoothness. A wonderful story of family, secrets and history. A slap received from her mother years before has haunted Sherry and it causes her to dig into her family's past. The story echoes of Toni Morrison's "Beloved", w...