πππππReview: Blind Acceptance by Sandra Pimentel πππππ
BLIND ACCEPTANCE by Sandra PimentelMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
This was different kind of memoir, a genre that I don’t usually get into. What makes Blind Acceptance different is its buildup even while the focus of the story is on one person, in this case, Pimentel’s life. Normally with memoirs, you hear about the author, their life, and there’s often very little context for a reader to identify with or a only a surface connection with added factors of the author’s environment such as loved ones and even neighborhood.
Here, Sandra Pimentel explores her life starting in the 1940s in multi-ethnic Quincy, Massachusetts where she is raised within an Italian American family and much more. But she does it in a way in which you get to see everything firsthand. Instead of a retelling of past details, you’re getting to know her loved ones and friends through her. Personally, I felt as though they were speaking just as much as her.
I can’t think of anything I didn’t like about the book.
Overall…
The picture painted was vivid and gripping. I finished this book in around a week. I couldn’t put it down. It was interesting revisiting historical events such as World War II and the Vietnam as well as the fight against racism and for feminism. These are events that we always read about in historical text. Blind Acceptance made it all personable and natural. I highly recommend it.
Sandra Pimentel is hungry and a natural storyteller. I do hope I get to read more of her work soon. A follow-up to Blind Acceptance would be awesome to see.
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