The Warmth of Other Suns
by Isabel Wilkerson
The Great Migration through three lives: Ida Mae, George, Robert, who left the South for Chicago, New York and Los Angeles. Narrative history of the highest order.
Read it if…
you want American history that reads like a novel and reshapes your understanding.
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Skip it if…
you want a short read.
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Three things you will actually use
- Migration is courage.
- Ordinary lives make history.
- Leaving is a decision.
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Read the first chapters of each life.
Our verdict
The Great Migration.
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