Helpful Score: 5
Wonderful storyline. I will just assume that the struggle to read this book is the author's effort to make the reader 'feel' the struggles of the characters...I will also assume that I have missed the whole point of the work.
Marie P. (grandmapaws) reviewed Because It Is Bitter and Because It Is My Heart on + 33 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
This is story of two people, Iris Courtney,who is white and Jinx Fairchild, a black basketball player, who in protecting Iris, kills a white man. It is about growing up in the 1950's and how one irrevocable act changes their lives.

Helpful Score: 1
Very impacting novel involving racism and moral ambuigity. Well written and stays with you for quite a while after you finish the book!