Title: Carolina Built
Author: Kianna Alexander
Narrated by: Shayna Small and Leon Nixon
Publisher: Simon
& Schuster Audio
Length:
Approximately 10 hours and 07 minutes
Source: Review
Copy from Simon & Schuster.
Thank-you!
Josephine N. Leary
was a real estate magnet in North Carolina after the Civil War. Author Kianna Alexander brings her story to
life in the novel Carolina Built.
Josephine was
owned by her own father. She was
emancipated after the Civil War and buys her first property after her marriage
in 1873. She studies other real estate magnates and keeps working on building
her portfolio. She is a trained barber
and runs the barbershop with her husband, Sweety. They have two beautiful daughters and life
seems to be going well for them until her business ambitions challenge Sweety’s
manhood. Will they be able to resolve
their differences?
The audiobook was
narrated by Shayna Small and Leon Nixon as Josephine and Sweety telling their
point of view in alternating chapters. I
was intrigued to learn about a new (to me) person in history. I was a bit disappointed by the story
though. I was hoping for more on Josephine’s
accomplishments and less on her domestic strife. I was sad that Josephine and Sweety’s very
happy marriage had such a break down. It seemed strange to me as Sweety knew
she was an independent woman when they married.
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