House of Light

This book takes place in a small midwestern town settled by black people. The central character is a female physician in town who is a deacon in the church and the person everyone goes to in town for both emotional and physical healing. There are a series of stories, mainly about women and their abu......more

I started out really liking the book, but then the story seemed to go off in a bunch of different directions and didn't really make sense. So my overall impression is that it was just an ok read. I feel like she really didn't tie up any of the story lines. You're left hanging.......more

The women who are characters of this book are undergoing different challenges -- emotionally, physiology, and psychologically. They are finding their way to lift their spirits up, to be respected, and to be treated rightly by men.......more