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Title	:	Some Sing, Some Cry
Author	:	Ntozake Shange
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 568 pages
Published	:	September 14th 2010 by St. Martin's Press
Categories	:	Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Cultural. African American

Some Sing, Some Cry

Ntozake Shange

Hardcover | Pages: 568 pages

Rating: 3.85 | 1023 Users | 190 Reviews

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Award-winning writer Ntozake Shange and real-life sister, award-winning playwright Ifa Bayeza achieve nothing less than a modern classic in this epic story of the  Mayfield family. Opening dramatically at  Sweet Tamarind, a rice and cotton plantation on an island off South Carolina's coast, we watch as recently emancipated Bette Mayfield says her goodbyes before fleeing for the mainland. With her granddaughter, Eudora, in tow, she heads to Charleston. There, they carve out lives for themselves as fortune-teller and seamstress. Dora will marry, the Mayfield line will grow, and we will follow them on a journey through the watershed events of America's troubled, vibrant history—from Reconstruction to both World Wars, from the Harlem Renaissance to Vietnam and the modern day. Shange and Bayeza give us a monumental story of a family and of America, of songs and why we have to sing them, of home and of heartbreak, of the past and of the future, bright and blazing ahead.

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Original Title:	Some Sing, Some Cry
ISBN:	031219899X (ISBN13: 9780312198992)
Edition Language:	English
Setting:	Charleston, South Carolina(United States)

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I'm so excited that I won this in a "first reads" giveaway! It arrived the other day and I can't wait to read it. I read some Shange in college and she's real good.OK, this book took me foorreeeever--- it's such a "great American novel" project. This novel covers 7 generations of a black family, from emancipation through the 1960s.I really enjoyed it quite a bit; in particular it was wonderful to see these eras in America through the lens of a black family-- particularly following musicians and

I'm on page 106 of Ntozake Shange's Some Sing, Some Cry, a succulent and mammoth - 576 page - multigenerational novel about a recently emancipated family in Charleston, South Carolina. The writing has such depth and the characters are so rich that I'm intellectually full and emotionally drained after a chapter or two. If I read too much, I'm almost upset because I feel greedy about devouring the heart-wrenching and satisfying prose.I mean there's a meeting in the church where Denmark Vesey

This is a compelling 200-year, 7 generation, history of a family of african/american women. The characters in the first 2/3 of the story came alive for me and drew me into their lives as if I was there. But then things started rolling too quickly in the last 1/3 of the book and I kept forgetting who was who. I am left thinking maybe a story of this power and magnitude should have been 2 books? Or maybe something this sweeping, written by Shange and her sister, was too daunting to edit? Here are

This was a very good read and I urge you to give it a try. Check out this live chat I did with Stephen from SteveReadsBooks. Careful there are SPOILERS in the discussion. http://browngirlreading.com/2015/11/0...

This was sometimes 2 stars and sometimes 4 stars...so I will settle on 3. This was a multi generational sweep of the Mayfield family from emancipation to civil rights. I loved the story telling and all of the historical background. There was a fair amount of research that went into this and I think the author blended it into the story nicely. Some of this was so eloquently worded that I felt myself drawn to the writing. I really liked that part.On the down side, I had a hard time with all the

Loved it. The story follows Mah Bette, a recently emancipated slave, and her family through seven generations. I fell in love with the gutsy and strong woman and them living their lives through the gift of music. This story is all about love, strength, loyalty and tragedy. Things that we experience all through life.This is an incredible book, giving insight into the trials of African-American women from just after the Civil War through the beginning of the twenty first century. The beauty of the

Amazingly creatively written! I'm a huge Ntozake Shange fan, and this collaboration with her sister Ifa Bayeza is so lyrical and dreamy. It's full of music. I saw Ntozake and Ifa read chapters of this book with a live band playing the sounds of the cicadas, trains, city life. It was awesome. In general, I could just float around in Ntozake's stories. They make me yearn for a life that probably doesn't exist (and probably never has)...those gentle, colorful, nostalgic, sista-lovin',