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Summary: You can laugh, and you can cry
Review: Reading this book I did both, laugh and cry. I laughed with the sisters and cried for our people. It is so hard to read this book and not feel for those who tried and succeeded despite their roadblocks. If I live to be 100 I would count it a blessing to have the wisdom and the grace these two women have. Thank you for sharing your lives with us. May we learn from your strength and achievements.
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Summary: A delightful account of 100 years of recent American History
Review: Sadie and Bessie Delany take you from the late 19th- into the late 20th century with 2 first-hand accounts of growing up African-American in times of incredible change. One a teacher, the other a dentist, when such jobs were not typically open to African-American women, they were strong and determined and dauntless. While they are two people with very different personalities, they speak in this book with one voice on many issues; racism, technology and modern social practices. This book is a fascinating study of family and longevity, and testimony to the idea that one musn't give up one's firmly held beliefs to "fit in" and survive. I highly recommend this book to people who are interested in biography, American history or family. It is appropriate for readers of all ages from 10 to 100.
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Summary: Having Our Say an inspiring story of two women
Review: The book "having Our Say" is the story of two colored women, Sadie (103 at the time of the book) and Bessie (101 at the time of the book) Delany. The amazing story of the two women who never married but lived to gather for most of their lives is a "warming" good-feeling story that makes you think. The story of these two women shows you the world through the eyes of colored women in a racist world. The book will make you laugh and make you think. I thought the book was interesting and very worth while to read. I would recommend this book to anyone, it tells history and yet the story is much more interesting than reading a history textbook. You get to see the history from the eyes of those who experienced it first hand. The story of Sadie and Bessie Delany can teach us a lot, not only about racial discrimination and the unfairness of it but they tell their secret to living for over a hundred years. They had each other. Everyone needs a reason to keep going; they were each others strongest reason. They motivated each other. These two women were extremely extraordinary and lived extraordinary lives and their story illustrates this.
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Summary: The Delany sisters story
Review: The book "Having Our Say" is the story of the Delany sisters. They tell us about experiences that they have passed through,like racisn. It is a legend of one generation after the Civil War. The Delany sisters tell their experiences as women. They got diplomas. At that time it was difficlt for the white American people to accept that these colored women were succesful in their career.
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Summary: The book was astonishing,I couldn't take my eyes of off it.
Review: The book 'Having Our Say" was a book I had to eventully make my eyes stop reading because i could read this all day. I actually loved the book so much and didnt want to stop reading it,that when my friends wanted to go to the mall i actually said "no". I usually never read any books because i could never finish them. So my parents were always trying to get me to read. So one day i had to read the book for school and once i started i literally couldnt stop. I highly reccomend this book,everyone should get to have the joy of reading like i did reading this book.
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Summary: A beautiful narrative of the triumph of a family
Review: The Delaney sisters would have been an asset to any family. Intelligent, wise and warm, their story is one of deep poverty leavened and enlivened by strong family ties, intense moral support, strong religious faith and deep belief in their ability to accomplish their goals. The story is so riveting that it almost seems like fiction. It is a miracle to hear the words of two real women whose lives encompassed nearly the entire 20th Century and a bit of the 19th. Their race is irrelevant: they are astonishing. I have bought six copies of this book so far.
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Summary: Phenomenal for some, boring for others
Review: The lives of Sadie and Bessie Delany, the main characters of the book, show American history over 100 years. Personaly, the book was fascinating, with stories made new from the two sister's memories, all in a book. The stories range from simple life, to great hardship. The rascism shown by Bessie may be offensive to some, but who can blame her after her seeing the horrors of Jim Crow laws for so long, and she was even considered 'sheltered!'Looking over reviews, it is plain to see that either people like the book emensly, or believe it is emensly boring. This is probably what it will be like for the reader of this review. Be warned of this. The simple stories can touch the soul of some, and do nothing for another. If the simple, fun things of life please you, the things that have daily humor, then this book will be a joy for you to read. If you desire action, hanging suspense, and the reader who just wants to peek at the end, then this book will be as boring as ever. Choose wisely to read this book or not, you could be sorry either way. Overall, the book gives a clear, first-person perspective of 100 years of American History, which is probably why it's so interesting. The first-person perspective gives a view of daily American History that is near impossible, if not impossible, to find, another reason the book is wonderful in both a good read sense, and a literature sense.
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Summary: Having Our Say- worth reading
Review: The novel Having Our Say by Annie Elizabeth "Bessie" and Sarah "Sadie" Louise Delany is an autobiography of the two sisters lives in the early nineties. The book takes the reader on a trip back to the days when Duke Ellington was a famous jazz musician and many discrimination issues arise. The novel was written by the both the Delany sisters with Amy Hill Hearth. The novel introduces many issues such as segregation, prejudice and discrimination against African Americans. The novel presents the Delany sisters emotions and actions through this rough time in their life. The novel also tells of the sisters' accomplishments, Sadie earned her master's degree in education and became the first black home economics teacher in a New York City High School. The reader can learn about Bessie's struggle to become the second black female dentist licensed in New York City. The reader experiences the triumphant victories the sisters win. The novel lets the reader take a back seat into the Delany sisters' lives. The book mentions various historical events. The Jim Crow Laws were a major issue the girls experienced. These laws restricted blacks to eat in white restaurants, attend white schools, and even rent housing units where there were already white tenants. The reader witnesses the Delany sisters' struggles through such discrimination barriers. The novel is defiantly worth reading; it ties in historical facts while following a twisting storyline. The novel keeps the reader interested as they read about the Delany sister's real life struggles. After you finish Having Our Say, you can continue by reading Own My Own At 107, a novel later written by Sarah "Sadie" Louise Delany
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Summary: Well worth a read
Review: The short length and simple format belie the wisdom and inspiration contained in this book. Vignettes from the lives of two remarkable sisters, 102 and 104 years old, span the end of slavery and follow the continuum of American and black history to the present. Their lives, stories, and attitudes are admirable and this is a book well worth reading.
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Summary: Well worth a read
Review: The short length and simple format belie the wisdom and inspiration contained in this book. Vignettes from the lives of two remarkable sisters, 102 and 104 years old, span the end of slavery and follow the continuum of American and black history to the present. Their lives, stories, and attitudes are admirable and this is a book well worth reading.
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