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Jan 31, 2021Bududo rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
This book is a set of reminiscences about place (New Orleans and particularly the Yellow House) and family (The extended Broom family) as written by Sarah the youngest of twelve siblings. By her writing, it is clear that she observes and notes with some poignancy the events from grand parents to her generation and comments on them with some introspection. The events span the changing of societal attitudes towards civil rights as well as the local politics of New Orleans both before and after Katrina. The author shares with her readers both the good and the bad that occur with a perspective that allows the reader to see and hear and experience lives growing up in an environment that I suspect will be unfamiliar for most people outside of New Orleans. I just wish that the publisher had taken the time to print better copies of the photos. It is good that she has taken the time to write and I look forward to her next book.