Obakeng Moroe Moroe itibaren Biti, Uganda itibaren Biti, Uganda

I think I will end up reading this book a lot. It was a very necessary pep talk, reminder, and challenge.

Having a hard time slogging through the blatant racism in this book. Times sure have changed. And thank God for that. Okay, nearly forty years since I first read it, the epic love story against the brutality of the Civil War still manages to sweep me up. But the racism still wrankles, especially the glorification of the Ku Klux Klan--southern gentlemen had no other choice.

This book was very good. I enjoyed following her along on her self discovery as a stay at home mom evolving into a somewhat working mom. I especially liked all the numerous references to books and movies on housewives and mothers in their numerous roles. It left me constantly reaching for a pen and paper to write down the name of the book or author. The lady who read the book for the audio book was fairly good as well. My only grudge against her was her way of reading quotes from other people that the author disapproved of in a very negative way. She often read them- making the person she was quoting sound like ignorant tramps or whiny, shallow imbeciles. Her annoying voices for these people were a little over the top for me and colored it a bit too much. It was clear how the author felt in her writing either before or after the quotes. Excessive acting on the readers part just made me think less of the reader and roll my eyes in disgust. She also did the most fake pronunciation of "Bless her heart" that I've ever heard. There's a certain way I've always heard it said in my part of the south and I had to rewind it to hear it again to make sure I heard her right. Just imagine some one saying "Y'all come back now" or "New York City!" (as in 'new york city' and how its said in the famous salsa commercials) but read with a completely different accent and pace/lilt. lol- it just was funny and fake to me. Overall the book was excellent and I'd recommend it to anybody who has a passing interest in the stay at home/working mother debate. Or those who are fascinated with the change in family culture over the decades as it relates to females in the home.

Another interesting, though sometimes long-winded, study of why reasonably intelligent people are duped into believing dumb things, and the amoral charlatans who thrive off these rubes.