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The Secret Women
The Secret Women
A Novel
Sheila Williams
4.0 (1)
Pages
304
Published
2020
Language
English
1 review
Genres, subjects and places
Fiction, african american & black, Fiction, family life, Fiction, women
Subjects
Fiction, african american & black
Fiction, family life
Fiction, women
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About the author
Sheila Williams
Sheila Williams
Science Fiction · Fiction
Oiza
Am always intrigued to read books that focus on mother/daughter relationships. Plus the complexities surrounding them. So this was quite interesting. It started slow, but, picked up along the way. Simple, and easy to read despite its emotional arching themes. Shared grief and healing were a major theme in this book, and I love how they were able to process it together while they had been holding it in for a long time. And the friendship cultivated from it, plus the support that they provided for each other. was cultivated from it. Although we didn’t get to see the way these women (mothers) lived from their point of view, the way we get to read about them and picture them was simple, clear, and easy to understand. Sometimes, we think we know who our parents really her (mothers in this case), but, there are several layers to them that they may never mention. Yes, secrets. And in uncovering these secrets, we get to come to terms with who they were, and what can be learned from their story. I only wished each story of the mothers, getting deeper. I felt we got surface-level of them. Some seemed rushed and incomplete. Still, it was delightful and filled with emotions.
