Your Blues Ain't Like Mine Abridged

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Summary: One of the BEST books I have ever read!
Review: I initially read this book for a school project. Once I started, I could not put it down. It is not a difficult read, but it was definately very emotional. READ THIS BOOK!

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Summary: Campbell's 10+ book captures, pulsates
Review: I read Bebe Moore Campbell's novel about two years ago and I have not found a book that comes close to paralleling it ever since. Cambell's rich, vivid book is as alive for me today as it was when I read it two years ago. Do not pay heed to the Kirkus Review; the latter part of the book does not play out like a soap opera. Rather, the book explores the humanistic side of the aftermath of Todd's death; a side many of us are not exposed to when similar racist killings of Blacks occur (i.e. the Emmett Till case). Todd's killing falls like the first domino in a long, curving, winding road of many other dominoes, affecting the Black and White residents alike in its wake, threatening, like a breaking dam, to flood all of them, for many generations to come. When reading the book two years ago, I lived with the characters, breathed the same air they breathed, and, in some cases, felt the same emotions they felt. Befitting to its title, the book plays out like a live blues performance, with each character taking the mike and releasing all of the despair trapped in their barely beating hearts. The language is rhythmic and engulfed my very being with every word. The characters' world became my world and Campbell did not release me from this world for one second, this world that breathed from every emotion known to humankind, from love to hate. Step into this world and you will be forever moved.

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Summary: VERY POWERFUL AND THOUGHT PROVOKING
Review: I THOUGHT BEBE DID A WONDERFUL JOB ON PROTRAYING THE WAY IT WAS IN THE 1950'S THIS IS JUST ANOTHER REASON I HAVE SO MUCH RESPECT FOR MY ELDERS AND ALWAYS WILL BECAUSE OF THE PAIN AND DESRESPECT THEY SUFFERED.

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Summary: Superb, descriptive, deserving of an award
Review: I've read this book two times. When I read this book the first time, I couldn't wait to read it again. The fear, anger,deception, guilt, and emptiness that these characters experienced. I can feel some of their pain and sorrow. One can only smell the fish, feel the heat, endure the anger and helplessness felt by the characters. I try to write short stories but cannot float my words in the sea of passion that Ms. Campbell has been blessed to able to do. I give her 5 gold stars for this book. I have already purchased the Sweet Summer and Brothers and Sisters... I don't know which one to begin first. Thank you Ms. Campbell for sharing your gift with the world.

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Summary: YOU HAVE TO MAKE A MOVIE!
Review: IN A WORLD WERE THEY PRAISE BOOKS LIKE HOW STELLA GOT HER GROOVE BACK IT IS A SHAME THAT MS.MOORE IS NOT GETTING MORE PRAISE SHE IS A WONDERFUL AUTHOR SHE REALLY MADE YOU FEEL WHAT MILLIONS OF MOTHERS GO THROUGH WHEN THEY LOSE A CHILD! BEBE GOOD LUCK IN GETTING THE RECOGNITION YOU DESERVE!

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Summary: Why has no one made a movie of this book?
Review: Or better yet, an HBO mini-series to capture every glittering nuance? This book is peopled with unforgettable characters. Floyd Cox has to be one of the most loathsome characters in modern fiction. When superficial claptrap like When Stella Got Her Groove Back automatically goes to the big screen, it's a shame to see substantive novels like this one ignored

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Summary: Excellent dipiction of the two edged sword of racism
Review: She tells a story of two families in Mississippi, one black and one white. The similarities are remarkable, the way each copes contrasts the affirmative struggle agaist the demoralized and hopeless.

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Summary: BRILLIANT
Review: The book deserves high props as it is one of the best books that I have ever read. Once I picked it up I had difficulty putting it down and I know you will have the same problem. I recommend people to go out and get this book. It is exellent. I hope Bebe continues to produce more stories to this high level in fact I know she will.

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Summary: Enjoyed getting inside the story and feeling the characters
Review: The Coxs of Ms. Campbell's story are still very much a part of the American society and this book brought their mentality very close to me. I enjoyed all the characters, the good and the bad. This tale took me back to a place and time that cannot be forgotten, least it be repeated. I would recommend this book as reading material for college sociology courses but its also a very good recreational read for thought

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Summary: A little confusing, but worth the read
Review: There is nothing HAPPY in this book at all. But it's well written, and the story draws you in from the beginning and holds you until the end. I had to stop after every couple of chapters and kind of regroup emotionally because it was so intense.