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Tag: Fiction about Slavery

Review: The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

September 14, 2019September 16, 2019 ~ The Book Habit ~ 2 Comments

"Even in death the boys were trouble. The secret graveyard lay on the north side of the Nickel campus, in a patchy acre of wild grass between the old work barn and the school dump...The developers of the office park had earmarked the field for a lunch plaza, with four water features and a concrete … Continue reading Review: The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

Review: The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

March 8, 2019 ~ The Book Habit ~ 2 Comments

"What a world it is, Cora thought, that makes a living prison into your only haven. Was she out of bondage or in its web: how to describe the status of a runaway? Freedom was a thing that shifted as you looked at it, the way a forest is dense with trees up close but … Continue reading Review: The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

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