Glorious by Bernice L. McFadden
I eagerly started this book by Bernice L. McFadden . Having read and reviewed some of her other work, knew I was in for an emotional, provocative, and thoughtful experience. Glorious left me wondering if life in America will ever change as I wrestled with themes of love, loss, anger, hate, guilt, and injustice. Still intrigued by the telling of women's stories, especially those of writers, I expected it to be different. Perhaps McFadden was attempting to get me remember that not all truth is told. I think she has invited me to look at older people differently, to realize they have lived a life that we should cherish and remember. Turning page after page, I had these images of the women in the stories and felt like I was gathering snippets of information loosely centered around the life of Easter Venetta Barnett, the protagonist and briefly celebrated fictional writer dubbed E.V. Gibbs. In journeying with her from Waycross, Georgia to Harlem, New York, back to Waycross,