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Kate’s 2¢: “The Wedding Gift” by Marlen Suyapa Bodden
“The Wedding Gift” by Marlen Suyapa Bodden
Kate’s 2¢: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as, describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ merely shares my thoughts about what I read. I’m just saying…
Initially, this story seems to be a trope of man’s inhumanity to man, where the mean white plantation owner misuses and abuses his Black slaves, the spoiled rich, white girl gets everything she wants, the mulatto childhood playmate is given to her half-sister as a wedding gift to be her maid, and eventually, the plot twist includes vengeance.
It is amazing to hear how many voices Jenna Lamia brought to reading “The Wedding Gift”. She portrayed the very Black dialogues to the Brown patois, to the White’s careless southern drawl.
I enjoyed this book as a fictional record of the American culture that shouldn’t be repeated. Will we ever learn that all humans bleed red blood?
from www.marlenbodden.com
Marlen Suyapa Bodden is a lawyer at The Legal Aid Society in New York City – the nation’s oldest law firm for the poor – and an anti-war activist. She drew on her knowledge of modern and historical human rights abuses to write ARROWS OF FIRE, her second novel, and THE WEDDING GIFT, an international Wall Street Journal bestseller. Marlen is a graduate of New York University School of Law and Tufts University. She enjoys hiking and climbed to the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro. Marlen was born in Honduras and immigrated with her family to the U.S.A. She was raised in the Bronx and resides in Connecticut with her husband, Timothy Rogers.
From NLS/BARD/LOC”
The wedding gift DB98159
Bodden, Marlen Suyapa. Reading time: 10 hours, 38 minutes.
Read by Jenna Lamia.
Historical Fiction
Sarah Campbell is an enslaved woman who has been given as a wedding present to her half-sister Clarissa Allen and Clarissa’s new husband. But Clarissa’s husband sends them back home to avoid scandal, upending the family’s standing. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. Commercial audiobook. 2013.
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Kate’s 2¢: “The life and adventures of Frank Grouard chief of scouts USA” by Joseph De Barthe
“The life and adventures of Frank Grouard chief of scouts USA” by Joseph De Barthe
(Not to be confused with Bendell, Don “Chief of scouts Books 1-3”)
Kate’s 2¢: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as, describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ merely shares my thoughts about what I read. I’m just saying…
I’m glad to be living in this day and age.
From the web:
Well, I found a lot of books by Joseph De Barthe, but nothing about his life.
NLS/BARD/LOC:
The life and adventures of Frank Grouard, chief of scouts, U.S.A. DB20061
De Barthe, Joseph. Reading time: 13 hours, 33 minutes.
Read by Ken Kliban.
Biography
U.S. History
First published in 1894, an account of the courageous life of Scout Grouard. Captured by the Indians for a long period, he recorded the long history of the Sioux nation. Classics of the Old West.