Dori Sanders
Autor/a de Clover
Sobre l'autor
Dori Sanders was raised on one of the oldest African American-owned farms in South Carolina. She does most of her writing in the winter and reserves her time during the peach-growing season for work on the family farm and at Sanders Farm Stand on Highway 321 in Filbert, South Carolina. She is the mostra'n més author of two bestselling novels mostra'n menys
Obres de Dori Sanders
Obres associades
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Nom normalitzat
- Sanders, Dori
- Nom oficial
- Sanders, Dorinda (Sua) Watsee
- Data de naixement
- 1934-06-08
- Gènere
- female
- Nacionalitat
- USA
- Llocs de residència
- York County, South Carolina, USA (birth)
Filbert, South Carolina, USA
Maryland, USA - Educació
- York County pulic schools
Prince George's Community College (Prince George's County, Maryland, USA)
Montgomery County Community College (Montgomery County, Maryland, USA) - Professions
- farmer
associate banquet manager of a hotel
novelist - Premis i honors
- Order of the Palmetto
- Biografia breu
- Dori Sanders is the granddaughter of a freed slave. Dori Sander's father's farm, where she was raised, is one of the oldest black-owned farms in York County, South Carolina.
Membres
Ressenyes
Premis
Potser també t'agrada
Autors associats
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 4
- També de
- 2
- Membres
- 637
- Popularitat
- #39,575
- Valoració
- 3.7
- Ressenyes
- 24
- ISBN
- 34
- Llengües
- 3
- Preferit
- 1
In the first half of the novel, we meet Gaten’s extended family and see their reaction to his dating a white woman. Most of the family at first seems skeptical. Later most remain unhappy with his choice to marry Sara Kate, but they were not downright hateful so this novel at least starts out with a glimmer of hope and on an upbeat note. Gaten’s sister Everleen did tell Clover, “People need to be accepted and judged by the kind of person they are inside, not on the basis of the color of their skin.”
As the novel progresses, we see family and friends interact and bonds tighten. It's really lovely how this happens and is reflected in Clover's words. Of all of the qualities of this novel, I think its gentleness is what moves me the most.… (més)