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Have no shame
A novel.
"Novel featuring a young woman who cannot reconcile the life she wants with the one she's been brought up to live."--Author's website.
"Novel featuring a young woman who cannot reconcile the life she wants with the one she's been brought up to live."--Author's website.
Pages: 372
ISBN: 9780989050845
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Rachel S.
Apr 6, 2026
Have No Shame is a compelling read. Alison is the main character she is eighteen years old. It is 1967 and after she finds a dead coloured man washed up at the river it changes her racist and bigatory views which she had been brainwashed into to, of coloured people for the better. Of course this man is someones father.
The small town in which they live are separated whites and blacks, her boyfriend thinks it’s fun to beat up a coloured boy because of this colour. Alison feels it is wrong but trying to stop him just doesn’t work.
She befriends Jackson who is coloured and their love for each other is amazing, but it is also very dangerous with the white people being racist.
I really enjoyed this book. It is true to life of what was happening back in the 60′s and in some cases even now. It gives you food for thought.
Fantastic book from a fantastic author.
The small town in which they live are separated whites and blacks, her boyfriend thinks it’s fun to beat up a coloured boy because of this colour. Alison feels it is wrong but trying to stop him just doesn’t work.
She befriends Jackson who is coloured and their love for each other is amazing, but it is also very dangerous with the white people being racist.
I really enjoyed this book. It is true to life of what was happening back in the 60′s and in some cases even now. It gives you food for thought.
Fantastic book from a fantastic author.