Book Review

Of course, my book review of the most recent book I have read! 

This is the third or fourth book by Pearl Cleage that I have read and it is the one that I most closely identify with.  Ms. Cleage has a wonderfully easy and entertaining writing style.  Some chapters are long while others are no more that two (2) pages (I found this a very interesting way of expressing any of the changes in the book, whether the change related to one of the characters, the setting or the action.

This is the story of two women's lives (a grandmother and her grandaughter) where they diverge and where they meet.  Josephine Evans is a woman who pursues her love and passion for acting outside the United States because of real or perceived racism.  She lives the typical expatriate artist's life in Sweden along with her best friend, Howard, a gay African American man.  She loses her very successful life because of American politics in Iraq and Afghanistan and Bush politics.

Seen It All and Done the Rest is a continuation of one of Ms. Cleage's previous stories about her character, Blue and the urban neighborhood located in Atlanta that has been reclaimed from urban decay, crack addicts and greedy real estate speculators that plagues many urban neighborhoods. 

It is a great read and would make a wonderful Lifetime movie.