Sunday, April 17, 2011

Sweet Song by Terry Persun



I won this book on a Goodreads Giveaway.

Sweet Song is one of those books that a person has to take their time with. It follows the story of Leon, who was born to a black mother and white farm-owner. Even though it was after the Civil War and Emancipation, there were still a lot of racial tensions. The black people who worked on the farm were treated as slaves.

This story shows Leon as he is trying to discover for himself who he is. He is an outcast by both the black and the white society, and he has to learn how to make a life for himself. He travels from town to town and struggles with his identity, he even gives himself a new name every so often to see if that identity works for him. He is constantly living in fear and self-doubt.

This book is a tough read because the reader really feels for Leon and all that he has to go through. It's hard to read about one person suffering through so much. It almost reminds me of the Pursuit of Happyness, where you think that there's only so much one person can take, and life just keeps hammering them over and over.

Even though it was a hard subject matter, I'm very glad I won this book and I would recommend it to anyone.

I give it 5 out of 5 stars.

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