Tara M. Stringfellow: Memphis, 9780593446775, large Format paperback ,The Dial Press, PRH USA

I had such a great reading time with "Memphis", a debut by Tara Stringfellow which reminded me in many ways of Gloria Naylor's " The Women of Brewster Place" which i absolutely loved as this too is the story of strong women, how three generations of the women in a black family hold everything together. 

Stringfellow's fine prose  gives  the novel a destinct poetic voice as she switches between time lines and the individual women's voices revealing the love, tragedy and feistiness which seems to be synonym to each of the North women's lives:   Hazel, the grandmother, her daughters Miriam and August by different fathers and Miriams daughters Joan and Mya;  they all grew on me as I was transported into their life story but spirited August was my absolute favorite, really loved being in the company of these fabulous Southern women which was really uplifting.