Bloomsbury Men We Reaped: A Memoir

Devastating grief memoir. Ms Ward is unflinching in detailing the impact her brother's death had on her and her family. It's a brave and raw telling of a tragic and deeply personal story.If I have a quibble it's that I wasn't always 100% convinced by the broadening of the story. Of course there are socio-economic links between the five men who died and whose stories are told her. The suffocating poverty and racism is undeniable, but I wasn't always comfortable with the juxtaposition of deaths in road accidents with gang violence, drug overdose and suicidal depression. It's a fine work, nevertheless.

A MUST READ MEMOIR!!! Should be added to BLM movement

Wonderful and deeply moving book. Made me cry a few times!

This book was very well written, and I think it's an important and easy to read representation of being poor and Black in the south. I have to be honest, it was really hard for me to read this, it has a lot of tragedy surrounding racism and income inequality has put Black people in Mississippi in a terrible situation, and how difficult it is to get out of. You're probably going to cry, but you're also going to learn a lot about the way people in our own country live, how awful it is, and how important it is that we advocate for change.

I heard that was on the best seller list for many publications but it will not make my best read list. I thought it was very overpriced and then I found it on your site at a reduced rate. Glad, I found the discount rate because it was not worthy of my money. It is so hard to describe the writer's style because it is not so much a memoir as it is about the many conditions of the era and very less about the men that she says are "reaped." The beginning of this novel is unconfusing with the many relatives and her style is so dull and boring.I sympathize about her beginnings and race relations but she is one tough cookie who allowed herself to rise above all the pitfalls in her life. It was truly sad to read about some one who was not only unfortunate with many situations but this family was so dysfunctional and extremely poor. The odds were stacked against her but she found a way to rise above it all. From the title, she was not present during any of the deaths of the men mentioned in the book and had to rely on others to tell the story which is still in some cases questionableI appears that she continue to ramble on about childhood nonsense that bored me to tears. I somewhat thought that her style was a tad folklore but nevertheless, it was not my cup of tea. I have purchased other books by her and I certainly hopes the writing improves or I will not add her to my best author list."