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Perfect Peace: A Novel
Perfect Peace: A Novel
Perfect Peace: A Novel
Audiobook14 hours

Perfect Peace: A Novel

Written by Daniel Black

Narrated by Ron Butler

Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

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When the seventh child of the Peace family, named Perfect, turns eight, her mother Emma Jean tells her bewildered daughter, "You was born a boy. I made you a girl. But that ain't what you was supposed to be. So, from now on, you gon' be a boy. It'll be a little strange at first, but you'll get used to it, and this'll be over after while." From this point forward, his life becomes a bizarre kaleidoscope of events. Meanwhile, the Peace family is forced to question everything they thought they knew about gender, sexuality, unconditional love, and fulfillment.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateJun 28, 2016
ISBN9781515978312
Author

Daniel Black

Daniel Black is an author and professor of African American studies at Clark Atlanta University. His books include The Coming, Perfect Peace and They Tell Me of a Home. He is the winner of the Distinguished Writer Award from the Middle-Atlantic Writer's Association and has been nominated for the Townsend Prize for Fiction, the Ernest J. Gaines Award,and the Georgia Author of the Year Award. He was raised in Blackwell, Arkansas, and lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Rating: 4.527237361867704 out of 5 stars
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  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    This book was excellent and very well written. Some parts were hard to listen to but he didn't over explain.

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  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    It really takes a lot to keep my attention. This book did a great job at doing so! very good read 10/10
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Kind of sad but it was okay. That’s all I’ll say.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    This book was a excellent read amazing. I highly recommend it.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    It was well written, surprising and detailed. I'll read the authors other books, based on how good this one was.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Wow!!!!! If you don’t read anything else, read this book!
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Love love love this book! His books read like Toni Morrison’s book to me. It is a wonderful story will have you crying.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    I LOVED it! Great storytelling…narrator was excellent too! Great writing!
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    I listened to it; now I want to read it. If it could be captured right, it should be a movie.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    This was again another great read/listen. Highly recommended! It's crazy how we grow up saying we won't do or be a certain way, but sometimes end up being that exact same way. That was my take away of Imogene replication her mom.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    This book was so beautifully written despite all the drama & confusion that Emma Jean caused. The title was the complete opposite of this wonderful mess that Black wrote. Will forever recommend this book.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    I smiled, I cried, I laughed, I cheered, I gasped. This book was everything I needed right now. Thank you.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    The narrator was VERY good! He kept me engaged in the story. I wish the book weren’t so graphically laced with homosexual “situations.” Otherwise, I’d have given the book 5 stars. Forcing myself to stick with the book in spite of those additions was quite challenging, No matter, there were many quotes that I will hold dear. Amazingly written!
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Just wow how can something be so well written amazing.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Ver enjoyable and a good read ? I would recommend this book to everyone
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Omggggg this book was AMAZING! Very vivid, emotional and heartfelt !
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    Less dialogue, more character development. Rarely do I stay with a book that I don’t enjoy, but I was curious as to how this story would end. Certainly a disappointment after reading the author’s latest book, which was captivating.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Beautifully written and grabs your attention from the beginning and keeps your attention until the end!
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    This book took me on a whirlwind of emotions. I laughed, I yelled, and I cried. I really loved this book the narration was beautiful also. The author deserves everything under the sun!
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    This was actually a reread for me and I always have the same reaction at the same parts as if I was reading it for the first time! This book is ever so amazing and the rawness will leave you untethered. I cried, laughed and learned.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Oh how I loved this book❤️10 stars in my opinion. Beautifully written, well read on the Scribed app❤️
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Everything about this book was excellent!!! The story made you feel all emotions. Daniel Black, you did a great job!!!
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    I am not a big reader, but I could not stop reading this book.
  • Rating: 1 out of 5 stars
    1/5
    The writing style was awful. Saccharine, vacuous, off putting. The worst kind of poverty porn + hot topic of the day. Just plain bad. DNF.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Perfect Peace, a perfect book. Such a well written book.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    This book was so highly recommended in an online book club that I had to read it for myself and I’m so glad I did.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    The writing in this book was beautiful. The prose flowed eloquently and it was a heart touching story.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Found this book on the $1 shelf a HPB. Had never heard of it but it looked intriguing. It is one of the best book I have read in a long time. I was riveted from page one. This is the story of the Peace family and their struggles in the early part of the twentieth century. There certainly is not any Peace in this family. All of the characters are so well written, they jump off the pages and into the room with you. This novel deals with gender identity, child abuse, relationships, small town gossip and beliefs. The story takes place in a small town in Arkansas and the folks who live their add spark and live to the novel. The title is taken from the Peace's seventh child, Perfect, who is born a boy, but for the first eight years, raised as a girl. The sibling interactions the parental interactions are interesting to watch change when Perfect is turned into Paul. The entire Peace family has their struggles, and each of their stories is a great read, but combining them all together makes this book phenomenal.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    There is no peace in the Peace household. This book is about gender identity, child abuse, adultery, and mental illness. You really feel for the children that are being raised in the Peace house. But most of all you discover what it takes to survive in a home where these seems to be no hope. At one point you hope that the Father will be the savior, but in the end, it's one of the brothers who may be able to break the chain of .........I'll let you read it for yourself.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Enjoyable read exploring a wide variety of fascinating themes - gender identity, faith, nature vs. nurture, etc - that got a bit bogged down in at the large cast of characters and issues. Great book club discussion book.