Cotton Field of Dreams: A Memoir.Cotton Field of Dreams: A Memoir by Janis F. Kearney Writing Our World Press, December 2004 $22.95, ISBN ISBN abbr. International Standard Book Number ISBN International Standard Book Number ISBN n abbr (= International Standard Book Number) → ISBN m 0-976-2058-0-7 Examine any portrait of an African American African American Multiculture A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. See Race. family and you're likely to notice all hues, styles and signs of life experiences. In Cotton Field of Dreams: A Memoir, Janis Kearney offers readers sparkling pictures of depth, revealing each chapter like snapshots of her family's most poignant and triumphant memories, mixed with candid can·did adj. 1. Free from prejudice; impartial. 2. Characterized by openness and sincerity of expression; unreservedly straightforward: In private, I gave them my candid opinion. tales of being black and poor in pre-Civil Rights Movement America through modern times. Raised by parents who were cotton sharecroppers in the Arkansas Delta, with 16 other children, Kearney also explicates that a lack of money does not always translate into poor spirits or a life without meaningful accomplishment. Although the children were kept out of school during harvest season, her father home-schooled them so that they wouldn't fall behind the other students. Kearney's parents taught them to embrace the power within to make their dreams realities. The result: sixteen Kearney children are college graduates. Kearney herself eventually became former President Bill Clinton's (who wrote the book's Foreword fore·word n. A preface or an introductory note, as for a book, especially by a person other than the author. foreword Noun an introductory statement to a book Noun 1. ) personal diarist di·a·rist n. A person who keeps a diary. diarist Noun a person who writes a diary that is subsequently published Noun 1. . Lack of detail in some areas and repetition of certain details throughout the book can get bothersome, although readers can forgive Kearney since it is obviously written from her heart. Cotton Field of Dreams is powerful enough to provoke pro·voke tr.v. pro·voked, pro·vok·ing, pro·vokes 1. To incite to anger or resentment. 2. To stir to action or feeling. 3. To give rise to; evoke: provoke laughter. dreams and dialogue and simple enough to entice smiles and laughter. Jill L. Cox is a freelance writer and television journalist in Atlanta, Georgia. |
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