He Included Me: The Autobiography of Sarah Rice (Brown Thrasher Books Ser.)
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- Synopsis
- The dramatic and colorful autobiography of a Black woman born in 1909 in rural Alabama. A rare first-person account of life in the twentieth-century South, He Included Me weaves together the story of a black family—eight children reared in rural Alabama, their mother a schoolteacher, their father a minister—and the emerging self-portrait of a woman determined, like her parents, to look ahead. Sarah Rice recalls her mother&’s hymn of thanks—&“He Include Me&”—when God showed her a way to feed her family, and hears again her mother's quiet words, &“It's no disgrace to work. It's an honor to make an honest dollar,&” spoken when her children were embarrassed that she took in white people&’s laundry. Rice speaks, finally, of the determination, faith, and pride that carried her through life. In a document that spans more than three-quarters of the twentieth century, He Included Me presents the voice of a single woman whose life was rich in complexity, deep in suffering and joy; yet it also speaks for the many black women who have worked and struggled in the rural South and always looked ahead. &“In the oral tradition of Theodore Rosengarten&’s All God&’s Dangers…It&’s a moving story that reveals a hidden corner of American life.&”—New York Times &“Viewing her life with a sharp intelligence, always frank, compassionate, and informed by a deep religious faith, Rice offers an autobiography that often reads with the narrative sweep of a novel.&”—Library Journal &“A unique contribution to a growing history of African American women.&”—Atlanta History
- Copyright:
- 1989
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 208 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780820343563
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780820349787
- Publisher:
- University of Georgia Press
- Date of Addition:
- 09/16/23
- Copyrighted By:
- The University of Georgia Press
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
- Edited by:
- Louise Westling