6/11/2023 0 Comments If Sons, Then Heirs by Lorene Cary![]() ![]() Lorene Cary is the author of Black Ice, The Price of a Child, Pride, FREE! Great Escapes from Slavery on the Underground Railroad and If Sons, Then Heirs. In Ladysitting, Cary captures the ruptures, love, and, perhaps, forgiveness that can occur in a family as she bears witness to her grandmother's 101 vibrant years of life. When Nana doubts Cary's dedication, Cary must go deeper into understanding this complicated woman. Facing the inevitable end raises tensions, with Cary drawing on her spirituality and Nana consoling herself with late-night sweets and the loyalty of caregivers. But Nana could also be devoted: to Nana's father, to black causes, and-Cary had thought-to her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. ![]() Nana was a force: Her obstinacy could come out in unanticipated ways-secretly getting a driver's license to show up her husband, carrying on a longtime feud with Cary's father. ![]() ![]() Cary knew there might be some reckonings to come. Brilliantly weaving a narrative of her complicated yet transformative relationship with Nana-a fierce, stubborn, and independent woman, who managed a business until she was 100-Cary looks at Nana's impulse to control people and fate, from the early death of her mother and oppression in the Jim Crow South to living on her own in her New Jersey home. From cherished memories of weekends she spent as a child with her indulgent Nana to the reality of the year she spent "ladysitting" her now frail grandmother, Lorene Cary journeys through stories of their time together and five generations of their African American family. ![]()
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