Warm, feisty, and intelligent, the Delany sisters speak their mind in a book that is at once a vital historical record and a moving portrait of two remarkable women who continued to love, laugh, and embrace life after over a hundred years of living side by side.

Their sharp memories show us the post-Reconstruction South and Booker T. Washington; Harlem's Golden Age and Langston Hughes, W.E.B. Du Bois, and Paul Robeson. Bessie breaks barriers to become a dentist; Sadie quietly integrates the New York City system as a high school teacher. Their extraordinary story makes an important contribution to our nation's heritage—and an indelible impression on our lives.

Gute Reise, liebes Buch!

These two "southern bells" are indeed hilarious to listen to. I would have loved to be in Amy Hill Hearth's shoes who interviewed the Delany Sisters.

Although being caucasian myself and not having nearly experienced racism as the characters in the book or any other dark-skinned people / people of color did I see a lot of similarities between these gals and myself. I say that to show that we as the human race have far more in common than what seperates us. When it comes down to it we all (more or less) deal with the same problems.

I appreciate their sense of humor, their down-to-earth attitude, their dignity and
common sense.

I found the book in April 2016 in the bookshelf Dichterviertel and plan to place it back in the bookshelf Westend (both in Wiesbaden).