At almost 800 pages, this is a chunk of a book and reading it is like inviting a whole new family to become part of your life. This is a fictional family history covering multiple generations and multiple branches of the family tree, but it is so much more than that as it embraces social history and the power of women through the centuries. Honorée Fanonne Jeffers states in the back of the book that this is not an academic history book, but after spending ten years reading countless books as research, it might as well be, as it is historically accurate and delivers an important message on Black feminism. Despite the amount of pages and the historical references, this book is a compelling read as the extended family comes alive on the pages. There are people you will love and people you will despise, but the author uses the story line to carefully offer up opposing views - not so much as an excuse for poor treatment of fellow humans, but to offer an in...