Jacqueline Woodson's novel Red at the Bone is a powerful exploration into family and identity. Her narrative weaves through the perspectives of different characters, all linked by a single event: an unexpected pregnancy. Through the novel, she explores themes such as desire, ambition, race, education, and parenthood, outlining to readers the truly dynamic life experiences that shape us all.
Winner of the 2001 Coretta Scott King Award and nominee for the 2002 National Book Award, Jacqueline Woodson writes about "invisible" people: young girls, minorities, homosexuals, the poor, all the in...
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