28 October 2020

Red at the Bone

Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson is a whole family epic story in a small book. 

Told mostly through flashback memories during an afternoon in 2001 Brooklyn, as Melody walks down the stairs during a party, her parents and grandparents reflect of how they got to this time in their lives. 

Two families of different social classes are joined together by a teen pregnancy. Through experiences, decisions and relationships a family is created and changed. 

Woodson is an incredible author who can set a scene with on sentence. Her powerful writing makes for amazing reading. 

Woodson, Jacqueline. (2019). Red at the Bone. New York: Riverhead Books.

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