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This powerful tale, rich with cadences of the South, is a dazzling debut novel that has been compared to the works of Alice Walker and Toni Morrison. At its heart is the story of Cass and Allie, two young women - one white, one black - sharing a friendship amid the divisive and violent racism of rural 1913 Texas. But when a murder turns the town of Copper Crown into an inferno of lynching and riots, Cass and Allie make a startling decision - to strike out on their own in search of a life where a person's heart, not race, is what counts. Lane von Herzen draws upon actual occurrences and family history passed down from her Texan grandmother and mother to spin this moving, courageous tale of racial hatred and the redemptive power of love.
One of the most important debut novels of 1991, Copper Crown is the story of Cass and Allie, two young women--one white, one black--whose friendship will shape their future. Both refuse to accept the divisive racism of rural Texas in 1913, but when a murder turns the town of Copper Crown into an inferno of riots, they flee to build a triumphant new world for themselves.
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Randall Becker
reviewed Copper crown on September 26, 2020
Copper crown
This is not a story for me. I was drawn to the early-20th century time period and the interracial friendship touted on the back cover. But the 1913-1932 setting really had very little bearing on the story.
I can handle some of the overblown prose, and even some seeing of spirits. But. It all just goes too far and what's the point?
I can't believe that Skeet wouldn't try to rape Cass for fourteen years. It's just that the plot needed Cass and Allie to have enough money saved by the time he did it.
What was the point of Thane and that whole non-story? Like, at all?
I don't understand how Cass thought she hadn't earned any of the money that Allie was sending her when *they had been running a successful business together for years.* Where was the sense of accomplishment after all the hard work? Allie was supposed to be doing it all single handedly when Cass left? I can't believe they wouldn't have hired any staff and built a community of people around the restaurant.
There just could have been so much more to their story. Instead we get spirits serving tea (and eating cake at the end there!) and Lloyd painting one canvas over and over and Cass dying in a never-worn wedding dress at the age of thirty-four.
I'm just astounded that that's the story this author wanted to tell. Since it's based on her family, maybe that's why Cass or Ruby doesn't ever fall in love and no one is ever truly happy or anything. If it's going to be that realistic, you gotta give me something else to *enjoy* or at least appreciate about it. Alas.
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