Stories My Grandmother Told Me- A multicultural journey from Harlem to Tohono O'dham by Gabriela Maya Bernadett

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The illuminating and deeply personal debut from Gabriela Maya Bernadett, Stories My Grandmother Told Me explores culture, race, and chosen family, set against the backdrop of the twentieth-century American Southwest. In a hilly Southern California suburb in the late twentieth century, Gabriela Maya Bernadett listens as her grandmother tells her a story. It's the true story of Esther Small, the great-granddaughter of slaves, who became one of the few Black students to graduate from NYU in the 1940s. Having grown up in Harlem, Esther couldn't imagine a better place to live, especially not somewhere in the American Southwest. But when she learns of a job teaching Native American children on a reservation, Esther decides to take a chance. She soon finds herself on a train to Fort Yuma, Arizona, unaware that each year, the Bureau of Indian Affairs kidnaps the native Tohono O'odham children from the reservation and forces them to be educated in the and ways of the White man. It doesn't take long for Esther to notice how Fort Yuma parallels her own grandmother's story as a slave in the South the native children, constantly belittled by teachers and peers, are forced to perform manual labor for local farmers. One of two Black people in Fort Yuma, Esther feels isolated, never sure where she belongs in a community deeply divided between the White people and the Tohono O'odhams. John.

  • Product Features

    • Suggested age range- Adult
    • Format- Paperback
    • Product dimension- 5.9" W x 8.8" H x 0.5" D
    • Genre- Biography
    • Publisher- City Point Press, Publication date- 01-11-2022
    • Page count- 124
    • ISBN- 9781947951426
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2 years ago
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A memoir that will warm your heart

The opening of this reminded me of summers spent with my own grandmother, when she'd share stories of her life with me and my cousins. It left me with a warm feeling, and I was eager to begin reading the stories that followed. Bernadett did an excellent job of bringing each chapter and the people within it to life, that it felt like I was traveling into the past, and far from the comfort of my living room. Esther was a truly remarkable woman, coming from a family with its own interesting history. Books like this remind me how important our own histories are, the stories of our family, the lives that were lived before us. I truly enjoyed reading this, and I was so wrapped up in the stories that I flew through it in one sitting. If you'd like to read a memoir that will warm your heart, then make sure to grab this and add it to the top of your TBR pile!

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