Review: An Important Slice of History
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 11, 2014
Today, we have the right to make our own choices. We can go to college. We can choose when or if to get married. Children may be a product of free will, rather than simply biology. We can focus on our careers or stay home with the children. In the workplace, we have various rules and regulations to protect us from harassment and discrimination.Life was very different in 1958. Women and minorities did not have the rights and privileges enjoyed (and sometimes taken for granted) today. The white males held the power. Domestic abuse was tolerated and even expected in some areas. Racism was widespread and institutionalized.Forced into marriage at fifteen, Beanie suffers horrific abuse at the hands of her cruel husband. She decides to take an unheard of step and leave her husband. Beanie becomes a Freedom Fighter. She risks her life to help right pervasive social injustices.Kathryn Longino, the writing team of Kathryn Dionne and Shondra C. Longino, who writes under the pen name of Abby L. Vandiver, have crafted a wonderful masterpiece. At the End of the Line spans some fourteen years and brings to life the tribulations and struggles of an earlier generation.