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Title details for For Lamb by Lesa Cline-Ransome - Available

For Lamb

by Lesa Cline-Ransome
Tyla Collier
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Lamb's family strives to better their lives in Jackson, Mississippi, in the late 1930s. Lamb's mother is a hard-working, creative seamstress who cannot reveal she's a lesbian. Lamb's brother has a brilliant mind and has even earned a college scholarship for a black college up north—if only he could curb his impulsiveness and rebellious nature. Lamb herself is a quiet and studious girl. She is also naïve. As she tentatively accepts the friendly overtures of a white girl who loans her a book she loves, she sets a off a calamitous series of events that pulls in her mother, charming hustler uncle, estranged father, and brother—and ends in a lynching. Told with nuance and subtlety, avoiding sensationalism and unnecessary brutality, this young-adult novel from celebrated author Lesa Cline-Ransome pays homage to the female victims of white supremacy.

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    January 31, 2023

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      • ISBN: 9781666631708
      • File size: 231650 KB
      • Duration: 08:02:36

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      A superb ensemble of narrators brings this story of familial love and racial oppression in 1930s Mississippi to life. Tyla Collier aptly voices Lamb's hesitancy to befriend the daughter of the town's racist optometrist. Ultimately, Lamb's kindness has disastrous consequences. Each narrator is paired perfectly with a specific character. Collier sweetly voices Lamb, successfully depicting her gentleness. Kevin Free voices Simeon, Lamb's studious and protective brother. The determination in his voice portrays Simeon's need to rebel so he can flourish. Their mother Marian, portrayed by Rebecca Lee, is a hardworking closeted lesbian. Lee's nimble vocal abilities successfully depict the love, fear, and caution of everyday life. The author narrates an addendum detailing her research for the setting. This audiobook is not to be missed! A.M. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2023, Portland, Maine

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