Don't Erase Me by Carolyn Ferrell
1997
Weight: 12 oz
Method of Disposal: Leaving in a Lending Library
This book was heavy with pain and suffering. Getting through it was like slogging through a giant mud pit at times. It was exhausting. The author forced your eyes open and onward each step of the way. You would see these teenagers where they were at, whether you wanted to or not. AIDS, rape, incest, poverty, pregnancy, identity all curled together and also standing on their own and separate. Being young black and gay, being young poor black and female, being hopeful, trying to see a way out--even in a 14 year old boy who you will call "husband" or "father." The lives of these characters were difficult to imagine and, yet, the author keeps on, brazen and unfaltering. This book was not bad or poorly written, but I was glad when it was over.
1997
Weight: 12 oz
Method of Disposal: Leaving in a Lending Library
This book was heavy with pain and suffering. Getting through it was like slogging through a giant mud pit at times. It was exhausting. The author forced your eyes open and onward each step of the way. You would see these teenagers where they were at, whether you wanted to or not. AIDS, rape, incest, poverty, pregnancy, identity all curled together and also standing on their own and separate. Being young black and gay, being young poor black and female, being hopeful, trying to see a way out--even in a 14 year old boy who you will call "husband" or "father." The lives of these characters were difficult to imagine and, yet, the author keeps on, brazen and unfaltering. This book was not bad or poorly written, but I was glad when it was over.
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