Mama Rose

Rating:
Summary: Horrible Writing
Review: Frankly, I am loathe to even give one star to this foolishness. There may very well be a good story buried in this book, but I couldn't find it because of the horrible writing. The character is supposed to be based on the author's grandmother who apparently is not only endowed with "super intelligence", an "uncanny sixth sense, "great physical strength", "a mystical sense of justice", but she is extremely beautiful to boot! How ridiculous that the character lacks ANY flaws if it's based on a real person. Not to mention that the author switches from 1st to third person and the primary and secondary characters within 3 or 4 sentences so there is no continuity of thought. Just mangled ideas on a page. Horrible, just horrible. I literally threw this in the garbage after I trudged through the first chapter. This is THE biggest waste of money I have ever spent on a book. This author is incompetent as a writer and I do NOT recommend her book(s).

Rating:
Summary: A Perfect Rose
Review: Imagine being a young woman running scared and being alone, unfortunately this was a reality for young Rose. Rose is an orphan running away from an abusive family that had taken her in. So with fear in her heart, she went to the only place that she could, the woods. One day Rose decides to rest in a shed that is beside a shed, her intention is to get some rest and then be gone before the owners of the farm can discover her. Fortunately for her, she oversleeps and is discovered by the Turner family who will change her life forever.

The Turner's took Rose in and raised her to be a fine, strong, and hard working woman, it is her work ethic that leads Rose to the love of her life. One day while returning from work in town, something terrible happens to Rose. Her rescuer comes in the form of Jesse Ford, a farmer and former soldier in the Union Army. Jesse tends to Rose until she is well enough to return to her family.

After having spent a short length of time with Rose, Jesse discovers that he has fallen in love with her. There is only one problem Rose is black and Jesse is white. This novel is set during the Reconstruction Era and blacks and whites were supposed to be separate from each other. And marriage was completely out of the question because it was against the law for the two races to marry. So when Jesse and Rose marry they do so before God and their families but there was no legal documentation filed. Life for them is not easy and they often have to endure threats from angry whites in the area and visits from the law, who want to break up their home. They endure triumph and tragedy and have a large and happy family.

Mama Rose by author Bernadene High Coleman is an enlightening and exciting story that kept me turning the pages of this book. I am not a fan of historical fiction, but this book may have changed that. I was further fascinated by the fact that this book is based on the lives and experiences of Ms. High Coleman's great grandparents. I look forward to reading more books by the . On the RAW scale Mama Rose is a 5.

Reviewed by Simone A. Hawks

Rating:
Summary: My kind of read
Review: This is one of those books you will not want to put down. It is an excellent written, historical novel for schools and libraries. Book clubs, you do not know what you are missing if you haven't read Mama Rose.

I truly appreciate Coleman's sophisticated writing style.

Rating:
Summary: My kind of read
Review: This is one of those books you will not want to put down. It is an excellent written, historical novel for schools and libraries. Book clubs, you do not know what you are missing if you haven't read Mama Rose.

I truly appreciate Coleman's sophisticated writing style.

Rating:
Summary: A buried treasure
Review: This is one you shouldn't let get away. Ms. Coleman had done a spendid job in the telling of this unique love story. The author artfully crafts the perfect picture of devotion, admiration, and true love between Mr. Ford and Rose, in a way that holds a reader captive until the very end. If you long for a romantic, vivid read, I highly recommend this one, folks. You won't be disappointed.

Rating:
Summary: A buried treasure
Review: This is one you shouldn't let get away. Ms. Coleman had done a spendid job in the telling of this unique love story. The author artfully crafts the perfect picture of devotion, admiration, and true love between Mr. Ford and Rose, in a way that holds a reader captive until the very end. If you long for a romantic, vivid read, I highly recommend this one, folks. You won't be disappointed.

Rating:
Summary: Love story
Review: This is the story of the authors great grandparents, Rose, and Jesse Ford. Jesse is a white northerner who comes to the South to buy cheap land. He meet's Rose who is black and end up falling in love with her. Rose is hesitant at first, not thinking it was right to be with a white man. The couple had to hide their relationship from people in the communities because it was illegal for a white and black to live together.The couple end up having a happy life together, and a few sad times, because of losing love ones. The last few chapters were very sad times for the Ford's. How the couple overcome racism to havin a loving relationship, is a nice read.