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From high up, fifteen thousand feet above, where the aerial photographs are taken, 4121 Wilson Avenue, the address I know best, is a minuscule point, a point of green

The Yellow House by Sarah M Broom

August 6, 2020 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

CBR12Bingo – Yellow   This is a recently published memoir that is presented as a family history. Sarah Broom grew up in New Orleans East, a community that others would give her looks when she mentioned it to strangers, and as the youngest of twelve children, she tells the story of her grandparents, her parents, her siblings, herself, and the house at the center of their lives. The memoir tells the family history and its strength here is giving us a series of events from […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir Tagged With: cbr12bingo, Sarah M Broom, The Yellow House, yellow

vel veeter's CBR12 Review No:424 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: cbr12bingo, Sarah M Broom, The Yellow House, yellow ·
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Trying to Take a Historical Lens to Family Didn’t Work This TIme

The Yellow House by Sarah Broom

July 15, 2019 by Classic Leave a Comment

Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review. This book will be released on August 13, 2019.  Well cutting to the chase I really didn’t like this one. I was all ready to fall in love with a nonfiction story where the author talks about her family living in New Orleans East. A place that I have never heard about. Instead the big jumps around a lot and Broom at times talks about her family as […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: cbr11bingo, non fiction, Sarah Broom, The Yellow House

Classic's CBR11 Review No:164 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: cbr11bingo, non fiction, Sarah Broom, The Yellow House ·
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