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BY Wilkerson, Isabel ( Author ) [{ The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration By Wilkerson, Isabel ( Author ) Oct - 04- 2011 ( Paperback ) } ] by Isabel Wilkerson

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5.0

Beautifully tragic and hopeful at the same time. An amazing historical account and an incredibly personal, intimate look at the great migration that shaped the US. I learned and grieved so much.
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informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.75

Toni Morrison described this book as "profound, necessary and an absolute delight" and I agree whole heartedly. This book is a treasure I stumbled upon at a bookshop and has given me in the three weeks it took me to finish it a history lesson years in class could never deliver. Easily one of the best non-fiction books I have ever read. I have learnt so much and understood so much about people miles away from my country of birth. I think everybody needs to read this book. It will tug at your heart and at the end so many things will make sense. It tells a very necessary story of the lives of so many African Americans and somewhere along the way you will find yourself deeply invested in the lives of the 3 main characters used to tell the story of so many others of their time. A definite slow burn and it may feel lengthy but it is definitely worth every minute spent reading it.
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4.75

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adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad slow-paced

3.0

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challenging emotional informative reflective slow-paced

4.75

 ðŸ“š This is one of the most engaging nonfiction books I've ever read. Wilkerson's narrative style draws you in immediately.
📚 It's such an incredible account of ordinary people doing something extraordinary. So much of the history we learn is about the exceptional people, and Wilkerson reminds us that history is also written by everyday people.
📚 I never learned about this period of history in school - we never made it much beyond the turn of the century in my classes. We often think of historical events as discrete periods of time, but THE WARMTH OF OTHER SUNS deftly shows how interconnected everything is. 
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