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This was an amazing book. You see different parts of the story through the eyes of a different character, but you never feel like the story is disconnected or choppy. I thought it was beautifully written and evoked so much emotion. You're angry, empathetic, sad, hopeful, disgusted, happy, and sorrowful all at the same time. That is just wonderful.

What a wonderfully told story! The words flowed off the pages with such ease and I was drawn into the story so quickly. Having said that, I don’t mean to say that the story was a happy one, just a well told one. Henry, Laura, Jamie, Ronsel, Hap, Florence and Pappy, are all characters whose lives are intertwined in rural Mississippi at a farm called Mudbound. It is the Deep South in the 1940s and racism abounds, setting up a tragic chain of events.
Favorite passage: God never gives us a task without giving us the means to see it through.

The best book I've read all year.

I devoured this book within 24 hours. I haven't read a book that grabbed me that way in years. Hillary Jordan is a fantastic storyteller. I hope she's working on another book!

Really quite an amazing book that is incredibly thought-provoking and actually breath taking in parts. I learned a lot, and was left with a lot to think over after reading this. It is not a "light" read, it is really a book that will make you contemplate how people are treated in our society as well as gender and racial roles. Very skillfully done and well worth it.

This was a 2008 favorite of mine as well! I't painful to read about the Jim Crow South--epscially post WWII. Men of all races & backgrounds fought for this country. All were heroes, but not all were treated as such. I hope to see more from this author.