Let the Lion Eat Straw
Ellease Southerland. Amistad Press, $19.95 (192pp) ISBN 978-0-06-072420-7
A commemorative 25th-anniversary edition of Let the Lion Eat Straw by Ellease Southerland (now Ebele Oseye) tells the story of Abeba, a quietly intelligent, eager-to-please girl wrenched from her Southern mammy when her mother summons her to Brooklyn, where she's cobbled together a better life. Abeba tries her best to please her cold, resentful mother, taking refuge in her talent for playing the piano. Marriage to a preacher brings more hardship, but Abeba soldiers on through childbirth and illness. Written in flowing, folksy prose, this is a moving, polished tale. .
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Reviewed on: 07/01/2004
Genre: Fiction
Hardcover - 181 pages - 978-0-684-16070-2
Library Binding - 978-0-8161-3006-1
Mass Market Paperbound - 978-0-451-09201-4
Mass Market Paperbound - 978-0-451-14675-5
Paperback - 192 pages - 978-0-06-072421-4
Paperback - 978-0-451-11687-1