Mama Day

For me, Naylor does the type of magical realism that I can understand. She brings in elements of country lore and mysticalism mixes it with real world stoytelling. When people believe in magic strong and hard through generations, then there is something very real that develops at out it. Also, of co......more

Every August I read this book from cover to cover. Island magic, the bonds of family, and the power of the past haunt this book. This is the first year that I truly understood why George needed to bring back his hands to Mama Day in the end. It's that refusal to let go, to fight for what you love, an......more

Wow. I could not put this book down -- started out a bit piecy and confusing, but as the plot progressed I found myself reading with one eye open as I fell asleep at night just to soak in more of the story. It's told in the first-person point of view of three different characters and I found it espe......more

Re-read 11/25/19-4/12/20 Re-read for book club 7/4- /16 Read 7/23-27/14: I'm sitting here, at a loss for what to say about this book. Because anything I can express in words would just not be enough to convey what this book means and how it has affected me. Wow.......more