Night Talk

by Elizabeth Cox

Book Overview

Cox puts a human face on the struggle for equality in this thoughtful, well-written exploration of race relations in the South.-The Raleigh News & Observer

At night, under the same roof, under the same moon, nothing divides the girls, Evie and Janey Louise. Talking in their beds, they discuss their strong mothers and their absent fathers, and they wonder about the paths their lives will take. Yet during the day, Evie is blind...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1555971407
• ISBN13: 9781555971403
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

NIght Talk

This book is worth buying. The story is engaging and really makes you think about our society now and how we interact together. I truly liked this book.

Leaves much to think about

- in our own everyday interactions with people.If there is anything I learned from this view through Evie's eyes, it's that nothing can be taken for granted. There are not enough words for me to describe this book... it gave me a new window into the Civil Rights movement.The ending of the book, though, just blew me away. Who would have known...? I won't say much more here because I'll give the book away, but it's definitely something that belongs on anyone's bookshelf.

A little slow at first, but gets a lot better....

When I first started to read Night Talk, I was a little confused, but shortly afterwards, I became very interested in the plot. It really flew by, and I think it was a very captivating story. I recommend it to anyone!

a heavy read

Having grown up in the South in the 50's and 60's, I am always intrigued with different fiction perspectives on the racial climate of that time. I found NIght Talk to pick up speed as it went, especially since the daughter-father letters at the beginning seemed really slow and awkward. The story became intense and very real, but perhaps Ms. Cox tried to accomplish too much as she examined racial harmony (or lack of) and the father-daughter relationship. However, her treatment of the several generations of Southern women and their racial perspectives was masterful.

A beautiful work, skillfully written.

I am in awe of her talent. This is a beautiful work, skillfully written and a wonderful, full story. It covers all the important issues of friendship, family, and love. It also covers integration, hate, rape, and biology! There is even a courtroom scene. It is deep and beautiful. A very great read. Cox moves easily back and forth between the 1940's and the 1990's in the voice of Evie who has a keen insight into the world and its beauty. Issues of divorce, integration, mental illness, rape, lynching, but also love and friendship, especially friendship between girls and women, are not too big for Cox. This is a work of high quality.