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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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breadwitchery's review against another edition

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informative slow-paced

4.0

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mooncake8008's review against another edition

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challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

Wow. What an amazing read. I was intimidates by this book when I initially picked this book up due to it's length and font size. But Wilkerson's ability to weave narrative and facts about the Great Migration is so seamless and it made for a very quick read. 

There is such rich history in this book. Definitely a must read.
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We were supposed to read this for class but after student complaints the district ruled it wasn’t appropriate for a high school class.
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alicianoel126's review against another edition

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challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

3.5

Great book on a topic barely covered. Long and tedious read at times. 

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lavenderdrip555's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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shibaunited's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad slow-paced

3.0

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wlreed312's review against another edition

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challenging emotional informative slow-paced

5.0

 This was absolutely fantastic. The narratives of the three protagonists were heartbreaking, awe inspiring, sometimes lovely and sometimes frustrating. They were all so deeply human. The history is fascinating. The writing is lovely and engaging. Wilkerson is a wonder. I don't often buy nonfiction books because I try to save my purchases for books I know I'll reread, but I think I'll make an exception for this. Truly wonderful, as is Caste.
 
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eva_v's review against another edition

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challenging informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

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laurenleigh's review against another edition

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challenging informative slow-paced

4.0

I really appreciate how much work went into this nonfiction work about the Great Migration. Wilkerson REALLY did her homework. She has meticulously researched the subject, and I value her wide range of source material. The core of her research is in first-person accounts, but she supplements this beautifully with census data, advertiments from the era, newspaper articles, sociology studies, poetry, and novels. The information was skillfully woven together. But I found the overall reading experience challenging. The first part goes into some really intense details about the horrors Black Americans faced in the Jim Crow South. It felt important to fully understand why it could be dangerous, even life-threatening to stay in the South, but there was some pretty graphic violence. I also felt a little thrown off by the timing, as her three first-person accounts migrated in three different decades. 1930 vs. 1955 were very different times, and I felt my brain had to juggle this, as she bounced around from story to story. I do feel like I learned some valuable things, but the process to do so was difficult at times.
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clarabooksit's review against another edition

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emotional informative inspiring slow-paced

4.25

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