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Wanda M. Morris

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All Her Little Secrets (2021) 290 exemplar
Anywhere You Run (2022) 126 exemplar
What You Leave Behind: A Novel (2024) 11 exemplar

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An intriguing set-up, I just didn’t love the execution.

I liked these sisters well enough, each were placed in an interesting predicament, Violet, on the run after she murdered her rapist, and Marigold, single and pregnant by someone other than her boyfriend.

I wanted more obstacles in Violet’s story, she’s a black woman in 1964 running from the police. It seemed like her journey should have been more difficult and more tumultuous than it is. She easily finds a way out of town, easily travels, easily finds shelter, easily lands jobs, easily finds a community and serious boyfriend who are mostly fine with how little she reveals about herself. There’s a couple big moments she faces, overall though, I didn’t feel like there were enough heart in your throat situations where you wonder how is our heroine going to get through this.

As for Marigold, we’re told over and over how intelligent she is, only for her to constantly make dumb decisions. It was one thing for Violet to occasionally act without thinking because acting rashly is supposed to be a big part of her personality, but don’t keep telling Marigold is smart and never show me any evidence that she actually is, it’s annoying, I mean, for instance, if your sister is supposed to be in hiding, would a smart person practically point the way to her?

I wasn’t a fan of the POV chapters of Mercer, a guy for hire, who is trying to track Violet down. His thoughts felt repetitive and unnecessary, they didn’t really add to the story and he wasn’t much savvier than Marigold. I guess he was supposed to provide suspense, show us he was closing in or whatever, but for me, it seemed like it would have been more suspenseful if we only saw him from the sisters’ POV, if Mercer were more of a mysterious figure following them and we didn’t know why he was there or when he would pop up, instead you’re overly informed about the guy.

If so much space wasn’t occupied by Mercer, maybe a bit more time could have been spent on developing Violet’s romance in a way that I could feel some attachment to it or exploring Marigold’s interest in the civil rights fight and as mentioned earlier, this could definitely have devoted a few more pages to amping up the suspense around Violet’s run from the law.
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SJGirl | 5 andra recensioner | Mar 11, 2024 |
Thanks to NetGalley for a copy in exchange for an honest review.
Violet and Marigold are sisters who live in Jackson, Mississippi. Their parents and another sister are deceased. Three men are found murdered for trying to help Black folks register to vote. Violet and Dewey, a white man, are in love and run away together after Violet suffers a brutal attack. While on the run, Violet still doesn’t feel safe in the company of Dewey, so she leaves him and disappears. Dewey returns home and hires someone to find Violet.
Meanwhile, Marigold is working for attorneys in the Mississippi Summer Project, trying to further the cause of the Black right to vote. When the police show up at her front door asking about Violet, Marigold realizes she must leave town too. And now both sisters are on the run but for very different reasons.
This story is told in alternating viewpoints between Violet and Marigold, along with some other characters. Very engrossing storytelling – I felt invested in these sisters’ stories.
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Cathie_Dyer | 5 andra recensioner | Feb 29, 2024 |
Set in 1964, this novel used the murders of three innocent men who were working to secure the voting rights for Black Mississippians as the catalyst for the story. Violet and her sister Marigold are close, being the only family left after the deaths of their older sister and their parents. Violet is the fun-loving sister while Marigold is the more serious, hardworking one. Violet is raped by a White man, but gets no justice from the local sheriff. She takes matters into her own hands, and now must flee her home state, hiding out in a much smaller town. Marigold finds herself in a delicate condition, and is abandoned by the baby’s father. She, too, feels the need to run away. Thus starts a long and dangerous journey for both these young women. Though they start out alone, each not knowing where she is headed, eventually they get in touch with each other, and are finally reunited. But danger follows them, and much violence will ensue before the end comes. This tale is an accurate account of a time inundated with turmoil, violence, illegal acts, murder, and more. The characters are real, and their story is gripping. Readers will be rooting for Violet to escape the law, and for Marigold to find safety and acceptance for her baby. The ending of the story is chaos, and an important story thread is dropped without resolution, but, regardless of the few flaws, this is an amazing read.… (mer)
 
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Maydacat | 5 andra recensioner | Feb 17, 2024 |
Highly recommend this historical mystery that begins in the summer of 1964 in Jackson, Mississippi. I read this earlier in October & I could not put it down, reading it almost in one sitting! I only stopped to go to work. 🤣 Weeks later I continue to think about the story. I loved it for so many reasons, especially the portrait of a nuanced and fiercely loving relationship between sisters. 💙💙
 
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starlight-glimmer | 5 andra recensioner | Oct 26, 2023 |

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½ 3.5
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