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SOME SUNDAY
Margaret Johnson-Hodge Kensington Press September 2001 (4) Jennifer Coates |
Mainstream Fiction |
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| Still recovering from the death of her beloved husband from AIDS, Sandy Hutchinson, a thirty-six-year-old African American woman, begins to find the courage to heal with the help of her husband's brother, but an unexpected stranger forces her to choose between two men, while her best friends - Janice, Britney, and Martha - deal with challenges of their own. | |
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SOME SUNDAY is a continuation of Margaret Johnson-Hodge’s fourth novel, BUTTERSCOTCH BLUES. In SOME SUNDAY, the main character, Sandy Hutchinson, is reintroduced. Sandy is now a young widow who has lost her husband of two months to AIDS. Lonely and depressed, the story begins five months after his death, and tells the tale of her journey from her sadness to her joy. Interwoven with Sandy’s blossom from grieving widow to a woman open to love again are the stories of her three best friends: Martha, Britney, and Janice. Like Sandy, these women are going through life-changing times, and are challenged to examine their inner-selves for the strength to live life to the fullest. This book left me emotionally exhausted. I don’t mean that as a bad thing, I just want to mention it. SOME SUNDAY is not a book that you can hold at arms length and read. No matter how hard you try, you will find yourself swept up in the dramatic twists and turns of each and every one of the characters’ lives. You will feel their disappointments in the pit of your stomach. You’ll feel tears prick your eyes when they have conquered a fear. SOME SUNDAY is not an easy book to read, in any sense. It requires you to be an active and present participant. What I most enjoyed about the book was the musical language. The accents of Sandy’s West Indian relatives dance on the page. The language is beautifully written, and is unique. The story, in and of itself, is very realistic, which is probably what it makes it so exhausting. It could happen to anyone. That realism never leaves you as you read the book, and it stays with you long after you have closed it. I really liked it. It was challenging both to me and to the characters contained within. I give it 4 stars. |
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2nd October 2001 |
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