Some Sing, Some Cry (Unabridged)
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4.7 • 3 Ratings
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Publisher Description
Audible presents the multigenerational epic Some Sing, Some Cry. Created by Ntozake Shange and Ifa Bayeza, this audiobook takes listeners on a journey through Reconstruction, two world wars, the Harlem renaissance, and Vietnam to modern day America.
Some Sing, Some Cry begins at the threshold of one family’s freedom. We meet Betty Mayfield, newly emancipated from Sweet Tamarind, a lush and haunted rice plantation off the Carolina coast. Betty and her feisty teenage granddaughter Eudora are leaving for the mainland, bringing with them the ghosts, scars, and songs they have carried for so long as they meet unknown challenges ahead. From there, we meet seven generations of Mayfield men and women, and hear the songs that provide the score to their lives. Acclaimed narrator Robin Miles goes beyond the prose to transform song lyrics sprinkled throughout the book into beautiful music, making this a uniquely rich literary and audio experience.
Playwright, poet, and novelist Ntozake Shange’s Obie Award-winning for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf will be a star-studded major motion picture this fall, directed by Tyler Perry.
Ifa Bayeza is an Edgar Award-winning playwright, producer, and conceptual theater artist.
Yale Drama School-trained Robin Miles has appeared on stage and TV and narrated over 100 audiobooks.
Free with this audiobook: an exclusive interview with the authors.
Customer Reviews
An outstanding audio experience
This is an outstanding performance of a great book that tells the stories of seven generations of an African American family beginning at the end of the Civil War and coming up to present day. The authors are sisters and themes of family (and especially sisters, mothers and daughters) resonate throughout the book. One author is a poet and the other a playwright and the writing is clear and compelling. Robin Miles more than does justice to this material. Many of the characters are musicians, and when characters sing in the novel, Miles sings on the audio - everything from spirituals to blues to opera. I'd recommend this highly to anyone with an interest in women's fiction, historical fiction, black fiction, or fiction with memorable characters and stories -- capped off by great audio narration. It doesn't gloss over the sorrow and ugliness of some of American history, but is ultimately an uplifting book.