Have been born white middle class this gave me a different perspective on what it is to want and obtain the American dream from an immigrant point of view. This book showed the struggles of a child/teen that straddled two worlds, his parents tradiational background and that of an modern American culture.

I liked this book. I found it an interesting topic, I was not aware how pervasive it was for slave owners to openly engage in relations with their female slaves. The book does a good job at showing the variations of the relationships of the same sort, some abusive, some wrapped in the manipulation of something akin to love. The characters are convincing and the story compelling.