#generational saga

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BOOK REVIEW: Memphis - Tara M. Stringfellow

★★★★☆ - 4 stars

"Miriam can provide for Miriam"

In the Summer of 1995, ten-year-old Joan, her mother (Miriam), and her younger sister (Mya) escape her father's vicious and violent temper. In doing so, they return to Miriam's childhood home - a home in Memphis, a home with her half-sister August. However, when they arrive there, Joan finds that though she does not remember much from her short time in Memphis as a child, she finds that she does remember her cousin Derek, and she does remember what he did to her seven years prior. Whilst escaping into her artwork and meeting the enigmatic characters of Memphis, she unravels the history of three generations of her family - the dramas, the sacrifices, the love - in order to find her own way of healing.

Stringfellow weaves her writing in a beautiful, meticulous manner, leaving nothing unsaid whilst retaining the fluidity and allure of a poet's masterpiece. The gorgeous setting descriptions in Memphis were astounding. They were descriptions that make you feel as though you are standing right where the characters stand, right in their place, experiencing the beauty vicariously through them.

Though the writing is wonderful and a delightful indulgence for any reader, Memphis does deal with a lot of dark subject matter. It discusses topics such as rape and domestic abuse and it doesn't hold back in anger when discussing said topics - in fact, its handling of these topics is one of the many reasons to love this book. Nevertheless, it must be noted that the discussions of these topics through the strong black women we follow as readers, may be triggering for people, and I would recommend reading a trigger warning list before jumping headfirst into this amazing book.

Simply put, Memphis is like a modern Toni Morrison novel: a feminist generational saga that explores the experiences of black women worldwide. It tells a tale of hurt and healing, and following your passions and dreams even if it seems impossible. It discusses the importance of family and how sometimes we hurt the people we love most. The thing about Memphis is that it delves into these topics so incredibly well; I am in awe.

[whatareyoureallyafraidof]

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HE

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Review: The Inheritance by JoAnn Ross

Review: The Inheritance by JoAnn Ross

Synopsis: With a dramatic WWII love story woven throughout, JoAnn Ross’s women’s fiction debut is a generational saga full of sisterly affection and rivalry, perfect for fans of Susan Wiggs, Mary Alice Monroe and Lisa Wingate. When conflict photographer Jackson Swann dies, he leaves behind a conflict of his own making when his three daughters, each born to a different mother, discover that…

[edwardsdeathcabcd]

when bella didn't want to get married at 18 because she saw how her parents' marriage crumbled and she was opposed to the patriarchal nature of the whole institution, and is bitter about it until the moment she is walking down the aisle, but as soon as she's married she realizes that being mrs. cullen is actually the best thing to ever happen to her and she's immediately ecstatic to have a baby with her husband. the way jacob says "you don't even belong to yourself anymore" about imprinting and is repulsed by the very idea, but then when he imprints he realizes it's actually what he was born to do & nothing could make him happier & he leaves everything behind to live with his mate's family. man once you become aware of the mormon agenda present within the twilight saga it is ALL you're aware of lol

[madbard]

“I know life and fate are scary, but I wanna be legendary!”

The way Telemachus dreams of fighting mythical beasts to cope with his inability to protect his mother… the way he dreams of being a legendary warrior because that is how he imagines the father he never had… the way, even within a fantastical world, that imagined fantastical enemies serve almost as an escape from the real dangers he faces…

Is it just me, or does he feel like… us? I listen to ‘Legendary’ and think of myself as a child, I think of the way fantasy and fiction can be an escape, a source of hope and wonder and beauty for people who have never felt strong before, I just…

(Deep breaths. Stares into space for a bit.)

[morganbritton132]

Eddie, posting to TikTok: I know it’s a little faux pas to post shit from celebrity parties like this but…

Eddie: How long do you think it’s going to take for him to notice that that’s not me

Eddie: *flips camera around to show Steve on the other side of the room*

Steve: *pulling a man along behind him because he wants to be introduced to Cher*

The man: *Weird Al Yankovic*

[gigizetz]

Waiting...

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Hey baby, those abs go all the way up?

Archangel: The Saga #1 (1995)

[magicalmyths]

I apologize for the person I'll become after I hear Legendary for the first time

[silvadour]

[vimbry]

what the hell cryptobros are so creepy. I thought they were just smug, new money losers, why do they talk like cartoon villians possessed by an evil amulet

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hello tumblr

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

"If PD-MDZS drew He Xuan, would he be a Man or a Fish?"

[the-phoenix-heart]

My unpopular opinion on the Vengeance Saga is I think Poseidon shouldn't have been begging Odysseus to stop and should have been laughing as Odysseus just lays into him. I know Poseidon is supposed to be reaping what he sowed and he's a god who hasn't been weakened this much before so it would be painful, but also I just think he should have taken pleasure in it. He did it, he made Odysseus a Ruthless Monster. I think it would've been cool if he agreed to let Odysseus go home because he was just so tickled by the fact that Odysseus is everything he tried to avoid becoming. That last line, "After everything you've done, how will you sleep at night?" Should have been a mocking line. I think it would've been interesting to show that ruthlessness and being a monster to the person who made you that way doesn't get you that catharsis you wanted (if they aren't begging for mercy like you begged).