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Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Allyson Johnson
- Length: 7 hrs and 2 mins
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Summary
Ntozake Shange’s most beloved novel, Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo, is the story of three “colored girls,” three sisters and their mama from Charleston, South Carolina. Sassafrass, the oldest, is a poet and a weaver like her mother, gone north to college and living with other artists in Los Angeles, trying to weave a life out of her work, her man, her memories, and her dreams. Cypress, the dancer, leaves home to find new ways of moving and easing the contractions of her soul. Indigo, the youngest, is still a child of Charleston - with “too much of the South in her” - who lives in poetry, can talk to her dolls, and has a great gift of seeing the obvious magic of the world.
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- Cleo Matthews
- 23-07-22
Loved the story.
The reader had a velvet tone and brought alive these women's talents and histories.
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- ms
- 05-09-22
a great listen
A great period piece full of optimism. a really good listen , well read, and enjoyed the music too.
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- Zenith
- 17-07-22
Hidden Gem, should be a well known treasure.
Why isn't this novel well known? It's better than so many bestsellers I've listened to.
It is short but the writing is so delicious it doesn't need to be longer to explore the lives of three young black women and their mother during the civil rights movement era.
The characters are confident, outspoken, strong and unafraid to speak and explore their femininity and magic as black artistic women during a turbulent time. It focuses more on the internal world of these women, not the civil rights era itself. It feels like the they have no limits in a time of repression.
They speak about menstruation, the female body -everything without shame and without guilt, with freedom and art. something that we still struggle with today.
The narrator is amazing. she does honour to the writing and art.
I loved this hidden gem. I wished it was longer so I could listen to more beautiful imagery. I want to hear more by this author.
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- anonymus
- 26-12-22
Three sisters, their mom, their lives
I loved every word of this book. It’s just amazing. Indigo sees the world with innocent eyes and she makes everything magical. Sassafrass fights an abusive boyfriend and breaks free — with a little push. And Cypress is a free-spirited dancer who loves love.
Amazing narrator.
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- Nine B
- 08-08-22
Nothing happened
I struggled to get through it. Nothing really happened, just a section focused on each of the 3 girls at a point in their lives. No real plot or ending.
The narration was excellent but there were random scraping and 'jazzy' sounds added just now and then that added nothing to the story or performance.
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- Lubsy1
- 02-02-23
found this bor8ng
I was initially drawn to this book by its title. It sounded exotic and seemed like a good read. I had to persevere to tte very end to get into the story, to try and understand it, but I simply couldn't. I just didn't enjoy it at all I'm sorry to say. No offence intended towards the author. This book just wasn't my cup of tea that's all.
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