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The Hope in LeavingBy: Barbara Williams Handsome Jack is a logger, nomad, and born dreamer. His young wife, Simone, has too many kids and never enough money to support or protect them. The family keeps on the move, shedding a grand total of twenty seven homes. Their first child, Randy, is sensitive and brilliant and bold, protector of his younger siblings, the fearless star of their childhood adventures and misadventuresuntil something snaps inside him. The second child
By: Barbara WilliamsHandsome Jack is a logger, nomad, and born dreamer. His young wife, Simone, has too many kids and never enough money to support or protect them. The family keeps on the move, shedding a grand total of twenty-seven homes. Their first child, Randy, is sensitive and brilliant and bold, protector of his younger siblings, the fearless star of their childhood adventures and misadventures—until something snaps inside him. The second child who comes a year after him, our narrator Barbara, is the lucky one, who can dream of getting out. Every time the family relocates, she feels “the hope in leaving and doing better next time.”
Poverty, mental illness, sexual abuse, and injustice pursue them wherever they go. They live small-town life hard and suffer, most of all Randy. The great surprise of The Hope in Leaving isn’t that these characters descend increasingly into isolation and strife, but that despite this they remain a family, that there is always the spark of wit in their banter, and a kind of closeness no matter what happens, even a sense of normalcy. Gradually, the reader comes to understand why The Hope in Leaving is a book that had to be written. In it, Williams proves beyond doubt that there is one thing that can survive the worst of life and even death itself: love without judgment.
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★★★★★ 5
Beautiful and interesting poems
Format: Paperback
I came across this poet at a library book sale, and ordered this book to read more from this African-American writer. Excellent reflections of life and its difficulties and joys.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2014
★★★★★ 5
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Love it!
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Reviewed in the United States on April 10, 2023
★★★★★ 5
Loved it!
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I gave this book to an18 year old poet and she memorized several of the poems immediately. She loved the book and is interested in buying another collection by Brooks
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Reviewed in the United States on July 17, 2013
★★★★★ 5
Love The Poems
Format: Paperback
I love Ms. Brooks' poems. It's a great book of her work.
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Reviewed in the United States on October 24, 2017
★★★★★ 4
Enjoyed reading some of the best poems ever written. Took me places I’ve never been.
Format: Paperback
Some of the poems were difficult to comprehend and may require a re-reading to understand their full meaning. But that is the brilliance of G. Brooks, putting you in places of the mind that one has never been. Won’t recommend for newbies!
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Reviewed in the United States on September 10, 2021