“"Chas Freeman ask me to marry him." That's the opening line of My Jim.
This slender novel is written in the voice of Sadie Watson, ex-slave, telling the story of her life to her granddaughter, Marianne Libre. It's a small book, only 161 pages, but filled with sorrow and love. Sadie is the wife of Jim, the runaway slave from Huckleberry Finn, and while he is the love of her life, much of that life is spent away from him. While I was captivated by Sadie's story, was interested in her ways of surviving crushing loss, I hesitate to recommend to all readers because of the dialect in which it is written. I suspect this would be wonderful in audio format.”
sthurner wrote this review Saturday, September 26 2009.
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