National Book Awards
Annette Gordon-Reed wins the National Book Award for non-fiction. Wow! She deserves it. I have been ensconced between the pages for several weeks. I am afraid to read it too fast because it is such a great read. I especially appreciate the picture painted by Gordon-Reed of Sally and James Hemings in Paris after the American Revolution and before the French Revolution.
It is the first account of American history that I have read where Sally Hemings and her family have and are allowed personhood.
It is the first account of American history that I have read where Sally Hemings and her family have and are allowed personhood.
