Reviews for Chest medicine

The average rating for Chest medicine based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2011-10-14 00:00:00 Evangelos Makriniotis I loved this turn-of-the-century story about Mississippi. It is a disturbing story about the relations between blacks and whites after the reconstruction, when some blacks had achieved enough education, wealth, and political standing to threaten the middling whites. I loved Yarborough's characters, especially the Jewish merchant who has flashbacks of pograms in Europe when he sees how quickly white on black violence flares. If you liked The Help you'll love Visible Spirits. It has all of the tension of the old South with more realism and less of a sticky-sweet ending.

Review # 2 was written on 2018-07-17 00:00:00 Dave Himley A beautiful and terrible book. An insight into the persistent and awful racism in the American South in the early 1900s. A compromised hero in the Mayor Leighton Payne. An evil brother - Tandy Payne - almost a caricature. The steadfast heroine Loda Jackson, trying in every way not to give offence whilst occupying the role of post-mistress in their tiny town. Always doomed to failure thanks to the colour of her skin. A worthwhile read and a poignant read with a link to the past in our now troubled times.