We didn't realize anyone's importance or struggles until the end and by then, it was hard to feel or empathize with anyone.

Elise had Golden Popcorn trophies and Viewer’s Choice awards, but an Oscar win would be pivotal to her career.

Although this was a slow read for me, there are countless reasons this book was a pleasurable Delight to read. In the 1930s and 40s, Hazel is a black single mother raising a white-passing child in segregated North Carolina. The truth behind Kitty’s ascent to stardom from her beginnings in the segregated South threatens to expose a web of unexpected family ties, debts owed, and debatable crimes that could, with one pull, unravel the all-American fabric of the St. But suffice it to say the novel presents many thought provoking conversations on race and the experiences of Black women in America, both past and present.

Visitors likened it to a giant dream catcher, fitting considering that what and who lay behind its presence mirrored the collected, albeit programmed, wants of many. Out of the 2 timelines, I found the past one a lot more interesting - the characters in the present timeline were not as engaging but it was still a great story overall. It was interesting all that Kitty had to go through in her life and to find out how her life intertwined with the other women in this book.

Their parents, working through a battle in their marriage, took up residence in Paris by that December, granting Elise family separation and consequent career growth. I did wind up enjoying the flashbacks more, but the last few chapters of the present day story were truly incredible. Because there are so many celebrities whose backgrounds have been “revealed” to be Black over the years and it’s consistently non-Black people who are so shocked to find out—but a lot of Black people already knew lol Not saying those celebrities are passing, but the point is that they COULD, and Black folks know it ain’t nobody’s business. Not to mention I think once kitty did become famous especially anytime after 1998 and the Internet people would’ve found out her real heritage people are writing reviews like this book is so profound but it really is stereo typical you have the African-American billionaire family yet they all smoke pot and then you got kitty car who was taught as a young child to pass as a white person and then essentially given up by her mom to do just that is it she couldn’t ever speak or see her mom again but I guess everyone loves this book I myself did not I usually love the books I get from Henry Holt and Company but this one not so much.

John estate, the labyrinth was constructed of leafy green hedges and rose bushes that increased in height and girth further into the maze. John—three black sisters who have been famous since birth thanks to the accomplishments of their actress mother and musician father—the inheritance opens up a barrage of questions from the press and public. I listened to the audiobook narrated by Ariel Blake, Kineta Kunutu and Lynnette Nicholas and they were great.

The truth behind Kitty's ascent to stardom from her beginnings in the segregated South threatens to expose a web of unexpected family ties, debts owed, and debatable crimes that could, with one pull, unravel the all-American fabric of the St. The author has a way of not allowing you to sympathize with characters without presenting the painful facts.

Prior to becoming a mom, I could spend hours reading books at night until the morning—knowing very well I could sleep in the next day. Though Paul crowds the narrative with far too many underdeveloped characters and makes a few too many implausible plot leaps, she ably describes Kitty’s transformation and unflinchingly details the racism, misogyny, and exploitation Kitty faced as a young woman. It captured the horrors of racism, the tight bonds that tie us generationally, the nightmare that colorism causes in the Black community. Paul's sprawling multigenerational debut hits the ground running with a peek at the complicated family life of an iconic, privacy-seeking clan of Hollywood stars: the St.What saddened me so much is how Kitty's life always seemed like others were constantly making decisions for her, since childhood.