Glenda B. (bythebook) - reviewed on 1/15/2011

This book was a quick, but interesting read. I agree with the reviewer who said it wasn't very exciting, but I don't think it was like listening to someone tell their life story. For someone who is 106 years old, it could have been a much larger book. It seemed a little disjointed to me and I feel sure that there were interesting events in her life that could have been told, but they weren't.For instance, I would like to have learned more about her "passing for white" on trains. There just wasn't as much detail as I expected.

Still, I would recommend the book. Mrs. Johnson had a sweetness to her, and a good outlook. And, like I said, it was a quick read.

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