As Toni lays out, "I focused, therefore, on how something as grotesque as the demonization of an entire race could take root inside the most delicate member of society: a child; the most vulnerable member: a female."
A truly devastating book in almost every regard.
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5 stars
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3 stars
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4 stars
Disclaimer: If you are struggling with depression, I would skip this one.
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5 stars
"Thou shalt safeguard thy fields from soil erosion ... and protect thy hills from overgrazing by thy herds, that thy descendants may have abundance forever. If any shall fail in this stewardship of the land ... thy descendants shall decrease and live in poverty or perish from off the face of the Earth."