Annie and Vernice are two girls and best friends who grew up together in the fictional town of Honeysuckle, Louisiana. Both girls have in common that they lost their mother and are raised by family. The only thing Annie knows about her mother is that she was named Hattie Lee who abandoned her, she leaves town for Memphis with her boyfriend and his cousin to find work and to find her mother. Vernice is raised by her aunt, who gave her a true home after the death of her mother. When she is eighteen years she leaves home to go to Spelman college, where she joins a sisterhood, and later on she marries a husband from an affluent family. Annie and Vernice keep writing letters to each other, even when they are far apartm they stay 'cradle friends''. Annie fiinds out that her mother died, to find out later on this is not true. A story of friendship, sisterhood against the backdrop of the turbulent Jim Crow years in the deep south in the 1950's and 60's.
Kin is a book about two main characters that are bonded by their shared past. It was very moving that they stayed friends, even when they are far apart, altough one of them sadly passes away in the end. I liked the storyline, it reminded me a bit of The Color Purple in some way. The storyline is strong, and so are the main and side characters. At some points the story slowed down a bit and stranded in too many unneccesary details that didn't bring the plot further and made it a bit if a slow read, but the rest of the strong storyline truly made up for it.The girl’s relationship.. mostly by letters stays close throughout their different situations and romances and difficulties, which was very moving and entertaining to read.
Alltogether I liked this book with an impressive cast of characters and storyline!
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