Magic Time

Torn between revisiting the significance of the poignant history relived in Magic Time, complimenting the skill where fictional characters are truly brought to life, and describing the book's qualification as a page turner, I was still at a loss to share how much this book stayed with me, long after I closed the back cover. After searching fruitlessly for the right words to describe this wonderful second novel, I realized there was no way I could be more eloquent than Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

This was a really great learning experience. I was raised in a area where black people did not reside.

This is by far the best novel published by anyone in the last few years. Marlette's characters are richly developed, and in a true southern tradition, lovable and 'dislikeable' at the same time.