![]() ![]() ![]() Woodson deftly captures the difficult, and sometimes incongruous, feelings and desires we nourish towards our families. Chapters narrated or focused on Melody often detail the resentment she feels towards her mother while the chapters focusing on Melody’s mother usually take us back to the early stages of Melody’s life and depict the way Melody’s mother struggled to reconcile herself with the life and status of a young mother. The narrative explores the way the various members of this family feel towards Melody and each another. Her mother’s family is relatively privileged, while her father was brought up by his single mother. We soon learn that she is the product of a teenage pregnancy and that her parents come from two very different backgrounds. ![]() The story opens in 2001 during sixteen-year-old Melody’s ‘introduction’ to society. But that’s not true.”Īt its heart Red at the Bone is a novel about familial relationships. “They say you don’t remember early stuff, that you’re just suddenly six and having your first memories. ![]()
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