Reviews for The Way Forward Is With a Broken Heart

The average rating for The Way Forward Is With a Broken Heart based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2019-05-29 00:00:00 Shriley Brimingham 3.5 stars If you’re looking for a book that covers families, marriage, queer relationships and race with gorgeous style then you know you’ll be onto a winner with Alice Walker! . This unique little book starts with a semi-autobiographical account of Walker’s marriage to a white Jewish man and its subsequent breakdown during the beginning of the civil rights movement, and then that’s followed by 10 stories, some interconnecting, which further explore the themes that came up in her marriage. I’ve never read anything like it structure-wise, and it was fascinating to watch her plumb different depths and look at ways her marriage might have gone, the what ifs and the what might have happeneds. . It was heartbreaking and eye-opening, as Walker’s and Leventhal’s marriage was one of the first legal interracial marriages in Mississippi, and the abuse and hostility they received was horrific. I also love how she writes about sexuality, as something fluid and mutable. . I think I would have rated this one higher had I read it spread out over a month or so. As she’s writing about the same themes, reading them all over the course of two days began to feel a bit repetitive, so I’d recommend reading this one gradually, dipping in and out!

Review # 2 was written on 2012-04-01 00:00:00 Rick Havelick There's no doubt that Alice Walker writes beautifully. And I loved some of these short stories. However, there were some that just completely lost my interest. I know there's truth in the fiction, but I can only read about a woman who is with a cheating man and also is in love with another woman so many times.