![]() Weatherford conveys not only information but context and emotion. Every sentence and every phrase are on the mark. This book is an impressive example of just such writing. The mark of a truly gifted writer is to be able to make us feel emotions and gain understaning with few words. ![]() ![]() Weatherford’s lyrical prose packs a great deal of imagery and information into few words at every point throughout the book. Instead, this book (beautifully and evocatively illustrated by Raul Colón) tells the story of a little girl who had a talent that turned into a dream, neatly encapsulating her amazing career and life without writing her biography. To recount all of them in a single children’s book would be impossible, and Weatherford has thankfully not tried to do that. Leontyne Price’s accomplishments are as impressive as she is. Perhaps this feeling is one I have shared with Carole Boston Weatherford. ![]() Quite the contrary- I kept feeling that there was no way I could do it justice. It’s not that I didn’t love it more each time I looked at it. That’s because ever since my review copy arrived, I have been taking it out and looking at it, and then putting it away. I confess, it has taken me a lot longer to do this review than I think it should have. ![]()
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