Book of the Little Axe (Francis-Sharma) - Book Reviews

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Francis-Sharma...delivers a satisfying and perceptive transnational family saga …. In this masterly epic, the pleasure lies in piecing everything together.
Publishers Weekly


[T]he tale of Rosa Rendón is hard yet engrossing….  The various strands of the story come together to illuminate how power and race can warp a life…. A sad, compelling novel about a woman of color who fights against society’s expectation… an excellent choice for book groups. —W. Keith McCoy, Edison, NJ
Library Journal


[F]ascinating characters across the broad sweep of the American continent at a time of great tumult, warring colonial powers, the spread of slavery, and expansion West. This is a compelling saga of family… desires, all subject to the vagaries of powerful historical forces.
Booklist


[R]ichly evocative… enchanting.… [Still,] the book occasionally hits patches when too many complications and details clog its forward momentum. Sometimes you get impatient for the story to hurry back northward to the frisky, jaunty pace of Rosa and Victor’s harrowing adventures.
Kirkus Reviews