Author: Anna-Marie McLemore

WHEN THE MOON WAS OURS by Anna-Marie McLemore – Review

Posted October 7, 2016 by Tammy in 4 stars, Reviews / 10 Comments

The nitty-gritty: A luminous story filled with magic, friendship, love and diversity, beautifully written. The idea of being called Miss or Ms. or, worse, Mrs. The thought of being grouped in when someone called out girls or ladies. The endless, echoing use of she and her, miss and ma’am. Yes, they were words. They were […]

THE WEIGHT OF FEATHERS by Anna-Marie McLemore – Review

Posted September 26, 2015 by Tammy in 4 1/2 stars, Reviews / 18 Comments

The nitty-gritty: A poignant and magical tale of feuding families and forbidden love, perfectly written. Embers clung to the edges, dense as a band of stars. The fabric burned and thinned. It glowed translucent, and then crumbled to ash. The thin wood of the porcelain vines released the scent of their blue berries, and the […]