Did You Hear about Kitty Karr?
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Did You Hear about Kitty Karr?

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Antonia Murabito@toni_murabito
4 stars
Dec 8, 2023

Elyse’s chapters weren’t as interesting as Kitty’s and I thought the “twist” was pretty predictable but Kitty’s chapters were pretty captivating and it was a well written, interesting story.

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Cheri McElroy@cherimac
4 stars
May 17, 2023

Elise and her sisters inherit the estate of the famous actress Kitty Karr. But why? As the women dig into Kitty’s past, secrets begin to unravel.

I loved this layered, complex story. Kitty was such a wonderfully rich character. The plight of black people in the 1950s came alive in this story. My biggest issue is the large cast of characters with similar names. This made following the story confusing at times, but the beauty of the story outweighs this problem.

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Michele Papa@mleanne14
3 stars
Jan 4, 2024
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Talia Loredo @talmarie
3.5 stars
Aug 31, 2023
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Jaclyn Rye@jackierabbit
4 stars
Jul 31, 2023
+3
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Lindsay@schnurln
5 stars
May 25, 2023
+8
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Emily Burns@emilymelissabee
4 stars
Jul 3, 2024
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Erin Jones@erinpennjones
4 stars
Jan 18, 2024
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Worth@worthw
5 stars
Jan 18, 2024
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Megan During@megs22
4 stars
Oct 23, 2023
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Hannah Elrick@hkelrick
5 stars
Jul 28, 2023

Highlights

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Lindsay@schnurln

“We always have a choice; we only say we don’t to soothe our conscience from what we’re capable of.”

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Lindsay@schnurln

“You created a life for yourself. All I did was find myself in someone else’s.”

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But something about his presence bothered her. It felt like an unavoidable iceberg, not a life raft.

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Lindsay@schnurln

There are two types of people in this world, Mary: people with time to sit under the trees, looking up at the sky and pondering life”— she jostled the gold balls in her hand—“ and those who end up hanging from those same trees, looking down on the life they might have had, had they been born different. You were born different, by the grace of God, so you get to choose. Choose the gold- earring life.”

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Often people seemed disappointed or puzzled to discover Elise was just Black and not biracial. Her explanation always began with “somewhere down the line,” and every time she veered down that path, the inquirer’s eyes would glaze over. They wanted her to validate the banana- pudding hue of her skin, her light eyes, and her hair that grew like a weed down her back, as if these qualities weren’t possible within the Black race. Slavery and its attendant sexual violence wasn’t what they wanted to be reminded of.