.Goodreads Synopsis:
When Gayle gets into trouble with her boyfriend, her mother sends the street-smart 14-year-old-and her baby, José, down to Georgia to live with Uncle Luther and his family. There's nothing to do, nowhere to go, and no one around except kneesock-wearing, Jesus-praising cousin Cookie. Then Gayle meets Great, the family matriarch-and her stories of the past begin to change how Gayle sees her future.
My review:
I was rather disappointed in this. I listened to it on audio through Hoopla. It is less than 200 pages and just over 5 hrs. Gayle, the main character is 14 year old with a baby less than 1 year old. At the beginning, she finds out that she is pregnant again. Her mother is fed up and forces her to get an abortion and then sends her off to live with her brother a pastor and his family, whom Gayle has never met. She is basically miserable and wants to go home, where she and Troy (i think) can make a new baby to replace the one lost. This book was written in the mid90s and seems dated and I don't think it portrays a positive image of Black Americans, I don't see that she really learned that much from the experience and if anything corrupted her cousin, who was square in Gayle's eyes, because she was overly religious, wore knee-hi socks and although a few years older never slept with a guy or messed around with a guy in anyway. It is suppose to be YA, but I really don't recommend it to anyone.
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