What You Owe Me

This was a great book. Taking back what was stolen from the family. Showing honor for her mother.......more

In my opinion, the late great Bebe Moore Campbell was the best at historical fiction. I'm thinking the say way readers prejudge what I write--Christian fiction--as being boring, I once prejudged historical fiction as being boring. But then I read this! Rest in peace, Mrs. Campbell; the legacy of you......more

Wow, this book was so absurdly and comprehensively heartwarming! The whole goshdarn cast of white and black characters successfully work through every one of their issues with racial identity / abandoning or overbearing mommies and daddies / generational grudges / discrimination and privilege. Would......more

This book reminds me of people that I know or have known in the past. The baseline of the story is that Hosanna and Gilda went into business together manufacturing hand lotion in Los Angeles in the late 1940's. Gilda was a Holocaust survivor and Hosanna, a black woman, was from Inez, Texas where her......more

Story of two women, one black, one Jewess, living in LA right after WWII. They become cautious then close friends, until circumstances set them up for betrayal. We fast forward to present day and follow the story as the consequences of that betrayal play out. Interesting characters, intriguing story......more