The American Daughters
Stirring ... The real texture of these lives has long been missing from our understanding of the past. It is this texture that The American Daughters captures in strong prose ... Such lyricism is occasionally marred by clunky repetition ... In telling this important, neglected history with imagination-fueled research, The American Daughters offers an inspiring story of people who show a way forward with their perseverance, bravery and love.
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A compelling story, well told ... Keenly observed ... In several short chapters and a lengthy epilogue, Ruffin time-travels his narrative, touching down in the 1950s, in 2028 and in 2172 to show how the story of Ady and the Daughters fades in and out of view in different eras and by different authors. These addenda seem disposable to me, as long as we get Ady's old story, which is so vividly told in the here and now.
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A sobering yet liberatory portrayal of American slavery and of the courage, determination, and intelligence required to survive it.
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