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Mama Day
On the island of Willow Springs, off the Georgia coast, the powers of healer Mama Day are tested by her great niece, Cocoa, a stubbornly emancipated woman endangered by the island's darker forces. A powerful generational saga at once tender and suspenseful, overflowing with magic and common sense. more
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- Posted: Mar-29-2009
For a required reading book, I really enjoyed it.
This book was assigned reading for my English 101 class but I'll definitely be picking up more books by Naylor, she has a very cool way of describing things and really sucks you into the story.
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- Posted: Mar-03-2009
Wooo LAWD!
Wooooh LAWD! This is a darn good story and thenthe way Naylor writes it, it gets under your skin,inside your heart and brain and it won't let go.I have only read one book that I liked better thanthis and that was "Flesh and the Devil" by Kola Boof.THAT was a black love story similar to this one...
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- Posted: Nov-01-2008
All Time Favorite Book
Every few years I reread this book because it's so enjoyable and beautiful. It's been a few years since I've read it and know it's time again.The heroes, protagonists and other characters thrown into the story are wonderful. Ms. Naylor's mythology about the sea island community is inventive, and...
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- Posted: Oct-19-2007
Interesting...confusing
I'm still not sure how I felt about this book. There were some interesting literary references...although it seemed like they may have been too much to link with the multiple story lines. Connections were confusing and all over the place.
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- Posted: Oct-17-2007
Left With A Blank Stare - Huh?!
I have scanned quickly over all the positive reviews, and I feel sort of out of sorts giving this book a three star. Y'all I just did not get the gist of the story. I simply did not like the Cocoa/Ophelia character. She was so neurotic, just annoying as hell. I had no sympathy for her. I...
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- Posted: Apr-16-2007
Couldn't put it down
I read this book way back in the summer of 1988, when I was awaiting the birth of my daughter. It was the perfect novel to read during such a hot summer, during which the temperatures in the Midwest were similar to the hottest temps in the South. I found it fascinating that the practice of voodoo...
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- Posted: May-27-2006
You'll be happy that you had giving the time to read this book.
I tell you a good book is one of those books that you're actually sad when it's over. That was "Mama Day" for me. What many reviewers stated in here is true, Gloria Naylor is a master storyteller. Her characters are vividly drawn, her humor is by turns laugh-out-load funny or subtlety sarcastic,...
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- Posted: Dec-27-2005
Moving, poignant, love story!
There are really no adequate words to express what a wonderful read you about the embark upon should you take the time to read this book. It is one of the most poignant and soul-stirring love stories I have perhaps ever read. Each page is meant to be savored as though one is sampling a fine...
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- Posted: Jan-05-2005
One of my favorites.
It is raining in San Francisco and I just picked this book up to read again....for the fourth time. It feels like visiting an old friend: warm, comfortable and easy.I lost too many people because of AIDS, one in particular. Thanks to this book I know Randy Garvin will ALWAYS look like love to...
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- Posted: Dec-09-2003
Brilliant!
Brilliant! Powerful! A genius of a writer! Prose worthy of a Pulitzer! Would that I could aspire to be such a great writer. Naylor's style is at times playful, other times penetrating, piercing the soul of the reader with vivid images of the small town and colorful characters. Subject matter...
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