August 2017 Host: Nancy
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
Summary
The Underground Railroad is a
fictionalized account of slavery using a literal railroad. The heroine in this novel escapes the cruelty
of a plantation owner only to find that was a temporary reprieve. She continues to endure brutal violence and
cruelty on her journeys but when she does get a temporary break, she must yet
endure psychological and emotional horrors. Some of the graphic language used to
describe the horrific torture the slaves endured made this book difficult for
some to read, yet the excitement of the heroine’s escapes and resolve and
fortitude of the black characters kept me reading until the very end. This is
an easy, quick, and at times unsettling read.
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