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Title | : | Ain't No Sunshine |
Author | : | Leslie DuBois |
Book Format | : | Kindle Edition |
Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 200 pages |
Published | : | August 21st 2010 by Little Prince Publishing (first published August 20th 2010) |
Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Romance. Interracial Romance |
Leslie DuBois
Kindle Edition | Pages: 200 pages Rating: 3.81 | 1138 Users | 174 Reviews
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Whites Only. Those words adorned every building in Livingston, Virginia during the summer of 1963 confusing and angering five-year-old Stephen Phillips. Those words told him that what he felt for his colored neighbor Ruthie was wrong. As a teenager, Ruthie becomes the only ray of sunshine in his abusive life and he is not willing to let her go without a fight, a fight that could lead to murder.
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Ratings: 3.81 From 1138 Users | 174 ReviewsCriticize Containing Books Ain't No Sunshine
This is a book about two young people who grew up together in the 1960s racial south who eventually fall in love with each other. This would not be a problem except one is black and the other is white. Stephen is the son a white pastor and Ruthie is a black girl who happens to live in a cottage at the end of Stephen's fathers property. They forge a friendship because they hold a common bond of struggle--Stephen is living with an abusive father and a passive mother, Ruthie is dealing with beingThis was a challenge read and is not at all my usual genre. For about 3/4 of the book I thought it was enjoyable yet fairly predictable.Then bam!!! Everything flips. Well written, dealing with the drama that was that time in history in regards to interracial relationships. I felt like the story was missing some undeniable emotion that gives you real insight into the characters but because it was written in a story telling fashion we never got any other points of view. I wanted more but was still
I'm dizzy. This story was like an attempt to answer a riddle. Something like : if Theresa's grandmother is my daughter's mother, how many pencils could you eat before you get lead poisoning. The story did trigger an audible gasp from me which rarely happens. That alone earns it 4 stars.

It begins like an easy weekend read, predictable yet engrossing. Then 90 % on and I am on the edge of my chair. Then I laughed at the very tail twisting epilogue. I dont know where I got that phrase but that's the image that comes up while I sat there grinning at the end of the book. There are issues on the book that, in the past, made me put a book down instantly. However, by the time the issue arise, there is a bigger mystery that caught my attention.
This one left me reeling... It has a lot in its favor. This is one of those books that I found myself asking, "Why is it self pubbed? This is good stuff..." First of all, even though the narrator is male, I loved his voice. I loved the way he showed his story, not told it. He drew me in, had my sympathizing, and wondering what was going to happen to him next. Second, I could not for the life of me figure out what was going to happen. Just when I thought I had the entire story figured out... it
I LOVED THIS BOOK! WOW! I can see myself reading it, again. Stephen and Ruthie, I loved their story. I couldn't put it down, I read it straight thru. This was one of the best stories I've read in a long time. It's most definitely one of my favorites, now. I want more stories like this. Love stories that doesn't have a woman submitting, or begging for more, (that crap urks me) or that always has the man as the hero. I enjoyed not reading any of that. It truly was a GOOD READ.
I just finished this book. All I can say is OMG regarding the Ending!!!!
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