Mary_D

I thoroughly enjoyed this selection. Mrs. Plansky is quite a character! The story also served as a cautionary tale. So easy for grandparents to get sucked into such a scheme. I thought it was just a bit much with her coming across he two men and then really trying to save them from themselves.

So, if I had to give it a rating, it would be more a 3 1/2 than an 4. But I read it in one day. So that certainly tells you something.

I started reading not knowing what to expect. I am familiar with the term Activities of Daily Living. But as the story of The Father progressed, along with it went The Artist, and lots of other bits and pieces. At some point, I felt, "Enough!". I did not finish the book and so my review is incomplete. Perhaps someone else would appreciate this style, but I did not.

After reading Isabel Wilkerson's The Warmth of Many Sons, as well as presenting an art talk on the Harlem Renaissance (with a focus on the causes of the Great Migration), I looked forward to learning more about these mothers of special sons. And, while I did learn more, I missed the technique of vignettes that Wilkerson used, to "show not tell". The book spans the 20th century in its scope, and cements the legacy of these ladies in history.