“Liked it okay. The story was pretty straightforward and predictable and that's what bothered me. Rhonda is a young bright girl who in her freshman year gets pregnant and terminates the pregnancy. The event forever strains the relationship with her dad and they had been very close. Rhonda begins tutoring the daughter of a judge and turns out the girl is in the same situation Rhonda had been. What would have made a good story better was if Johnson had explored Rhonda's relationship with her dad more. There are few books with single dads who are for the most part doing a good job raising their daughters so I was disappointed that Johnson passed on this relationship. There were several issues and dynamics going on in the novel and I felt Johnson didn't nor could he address them all in the space of the novel. Despite my misgivings, I am glad there is another new writer of color on the scene presenting a broader view of African Americans.
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zawadi wrote this review Wednesday, April 29 2009.
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