Summer Reading List: Beyond Molasses Creek -

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In Beyond Molasses Creek by Nicole Seitz, I have learned that things are not always what they seem and my how things have changed in our society.

Here is brief summary of the book before I give my review on it.

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Three lives are bound by a single book . . . and the cleansing waters of Molasses Creek. Having traveled to the ends of the earth as a flight attendant, Ally Green has finally returned to the Low Country to bury her father as well as the past. But Vesey Washington is still living across the creek, and theirs is a complicated relationship–he was once her best friend . . . and also part of the reason she’s stayed away so long. When Ally discovers a message her father left behind asking her to quit running, it seems her past isn’t through with her yet. As Ally’s wandering spirit wrestles with a deep longing to flee again, a young woman on the other side of the world escapes her life of slavery in the rock quarries of Nepal. A mysterious sketchbook leads Sunila Kunari to believe there’s more to her story than she’s ever been told, and she’s determined to follow the truth wherever it leads her. A deep current intertwines the lives of these three souls, and a destiny of freedom, faith, and friendship awaits them all on the banks of Molasses Creek.

The first thing that appealed to me in this book was the friendship between Ally and Vesey, childhood friends who have to overcome many obstacles to remain friends until the end. You see Ally and Vesey grew up during a time that races did not mix. If a black boy (Vesey) was even seen in the company of a white girl (Ally) that was just inviting trouble. Ally does not see the problem in their being friends. She does not understand society’s view on their friendship. If only everyone had the same view. Even now people judge others by their race or their nationality , if only we all can look at each other as if we are looking through the eyes of a child.

This is not the discrimination that is mentioned in the book, the caste system is also addressed. The caste system is when you judged by how much money you have and what place you are born into. This is the case of Sunila, when the reader first meets her, she is on the lowest ring in the caste system in Nepal. She is taught that she is dirty and that everyone that is above her is better. She is taught to be ashamed of who and what she is. Not knowing that she was stolen at birth by her parents from a outside cafe in Nepal. It is only after she learns this fact as a thirty-two year woman does she begin to gain the self esteem and respect for her life.

I will have to say that this book was a little hard to follow at first, but once I got into it I enjoyed it thoroughly. I loved how it is only after the death of Ally’s father, does Ally stops running and returns home and eventually finds all that she thought she had lost. So if you get the chance to read this book, give it a chance and trust me it does get better.

Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from the publisher through the BookSneeze.com® book review bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255 “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”