Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54 EAN: 9780345441560 ISBN: 0345441567 Label: One World/Ballantine Manufacturer: One World/Ballantine Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 384 Publication Date: January 02, 2001 Publisher: One World/Ballantine Release Date: January 02, 2001 Sales Rank: 306208 Studio: One World/Ballantine
Product DescriptionBorn to former slaves on a Louisiana plantation in 1867, Madam C.J. Walker rose from poverty and indignity to become America's first black female millionaire, the head of a hugely successful beauty company, and a leading philanthropist in African American causes. Renowned author Alex Haley became fascinated by the story of this extraordinary heroine, and before his death in 1992, he embarked on the research and outline of a major novel based on her life. Now with The Black Rose, critically acclaimed writer Tananarive Due brings Haley's work to an inspiring completion.
Blending documented history, vivid dialogue, and a sweeping fictionalized narrative, Tananarive Due paints a vivid portrait of this passionate and tenacious pioneer and the unforgettable era in which she lived.
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - Wonderful read
Madame C.J.Walker's climb from abject poverty to successful entrepreneur at any time in history would be judged extraordinary.This book is a great blend of fact and fiction to give the reader a better feel for what it must of been like for this phenomenal woman to acheive this level of success. The use of fiction to "fill in the gaps" of what we know of her motivation and personal life may offend the purist in search of a historical picture of this great woman. Those books are available and are ... Read More
Rating: - We lost Sarah when she became Mme Walker.
I DO understand that a fictionnalized biography as nothing to do with a complete biography. And that kind of book can be very enjoyable. But this book read AS a biography, and not a very good one. It is a rather long list of Mme Walker's actions and we lose her character, the one we liked in the first half of the book, somewhere when she gets rich. What I mean is that we lose the connection on Sarah Breedlove on the way. This can happen when reading a biography, when fact follows fact after fact, ... Read More
Rating: - Inspiring.....
I enjoyed reading this book - I had put it off for a long time for some reason, but I'm glad I finally sat down & read it. I admired Sarah Bredlove's perseverence to go after her dream which was propelled by her adversities while growing up. This books gives the age-old message; keep your head up, follow your dreams & if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, nothing will be impossible unto you.
Rating: - Absolutely Amazing!
I waited a year before I read this book, I deeply regret this.
I was absolutely amazed at the way this book was written. I couldn't put this book down until it was completed! I read it everywhere!
When I read this book, it was like I was transported into the story. If I believed in time travel, I'd swear that Tananarive went back in time to witness and record Madame C. J. Walker's real life story.
This is a must read. I look forward to reading all the books that ... Read More
Rating: - A remarkable tale
I've read much about Madame Walker and how she created an empire through sheer determination and hard work, yet most of these accounts don't give a whole lot of insight into Sarah Breedlove McWilliams Walker, the person behind the legend. Madame Walker's life is such an awe-inspiring one that you can hardly blame her biographers if they seemed to focus mainly on her business accomplishments. But there was so much more to her. I understand that this is historical fiction, and as such, certain instances ... Read More
- Wonderful read
- We lost Sarah when she became Mme Walker.
- Inspiring.....
