“Look outside as you speed through, and you’ll find the true face of America.” I was hesitant to start this book since I had so much trouble with finishing (really, starting) Zone One (from the same author) but I was pleasantly surprised that this immediately got my attention and I found myself compulsively reading it. The story us about Cora, a slave in a plantation in Georgia. Her mother had escaped when she was young and she is an outcast even from her fellow slaves. […]
It’s a literal railroad
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead