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I chose to read this book after reading a number of wonderful reviews about the story and its author. After I started reading I went back to those reviews several times because it seemed as if this couldn’t be the book other readers were raving about. The author successfully draws you into this proud southern family and community but once there, I realized that it wasn’t a place I wanted to stay. Almost every emotion seemed subdued or dull, as if the characters were forbidden to feel. Anger, love, devotion, and even racism through most of the book was understated. I didn’t find a single character that I cared about, not even the African American female who played a prominent part in this story. This book was originally published in 1964, which may explain some of the things that most disturbed me about the story. I kept turning pages while expecting and explosive climax and when it finally came, I was disappointed.


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The Keepers of the House Shirley Ann Grau Books Reviews

I am an avid reader and I found this book to be beyond compare. I did not see the twist coming at all but found it to be exactly the kind of thing her grandfather would have done. I think I found his character to be the most compelling and also the childhood reminiscing to bring back some of my own. Just a beautiful haunting book.
What a book! There is a reason it won the Pulitzer Prize in 1965. Seven generations of Howlands have lived on this rural Alabama plantation in good times and bad. Author Shirley Ann Grau masterfully tells the story of this family from the time its patriarch settled the land in the early 1800s to the mid-20th century. Abigail Howland, who came to the house as a little girl, lives with her crusty but loveable grandfather. Her grandfather's forbidden love life is an open secret, but long after his death it is Abigail who must pay the price for a love match Southern society could not abide.

This is a book about the power of family and the power of home, as well as the power of racism and the power of prejudice. It is also the story of a sweet Southern woman who becomes a powerful steel magnolia to protect her kin and hearth.

While the book has a commanding and formidable message about the ugliness and hypocrisy of racism that no doubt led to its winning the Pulitzer Prize, it is also a very good read. The second half of the book is absolutely riveting, filled with page-turning action.

This book was radical for its time, published at the apex of the civil rights movement. Shirley Ann Grau may have been lauded by book critics, but she was personally targeted and terrorized by those who disagreed with her sentiments. In addition to a cross being burned in her front yard, she was publicly attacked by the Ku Klux Klan.
Enjoyed the cadence of this book and the methodology of presenting the story from the various character perspectives. However, it was interesting to note that Margaret, the only perspective of the African American was written as a narration, in contrast to other perspectives, male or female were first person singular. Wondering if this was deliberate in an effort to further indicate her exclusion and differences. All in all the novel was well written and very engaging. It also exposed senseless and troubling discrimination that was considered acceptable and even expected.
What a book! I'd never heard of this author or this book, despite receiving a college degree in English. This is a gritty, real look at the several generations of a family...the good, the hard, the bad. I loved how the author took us into small conversations and huge life moments with such grace. So good!
Grau centers her story about the house belonging to a southern farmer/rancher who by astute planning and effort, becomes wealthy. However, he takes a black woman as a mistress, which creates strong feelings in the community. This plays out over the years, largely from the point of view of his daughter. I found the story beautifully written, although at times it wandered and I lost the thread. The lazy, meandering life of the house mimics the southern summer climate, but suddenly, the tension erupts like lightning and the pages sizzle. Readers need patience in the early stages of the book, but in the end, it is most satisfying.
I chose to read this book after reading a number of wonderful reviews about the story and its author. After I started reading I went back to those reviews several times because it seemed as if this couldn’t be the book other readers were raving about. The author successfully draws you into this proud southern family and community but once there, I realized that it wasn’t a place I wanted to stay. Almost every emotion seemed subdued or dull, as if the characters were forbidden to feel. Anger, love, devotion, and even racism through most of the book was understated. I didn’t find a single character that I cared about, not even the African American female who played a prominent part in this story. This book was originally published in 1964, which may explain some of the things that most disturbed me about the story. I kept turning pages while expecting and explosive climax and when it finally came, I was disappointed.