{"id":2209,"date":"2012-01-14T11:15:11","date_gmt":"2012-01-14T16:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sistahsontheshelf.com\/blog\/?p=2209"},"modified":"2020-05-08T23:09:19","modified_gmt":"2020-05-09T03:09:19","slug":"if-you-love-me-come-by-claudia-moss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/?p=2209","title":{"rendered":"If You Love Me, Come by Claudia Moss"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>Publisher\/Date:\u00a0<\/strong> Mariposa Publications, July 2011
Genre(s):\u00a0<\/strong> Romance, Mature Lesbians,\u00a0Self-Love, Straight Books with Lesbian Characters
Pages:<\/strong>\u00a0 376
Website: \u00a0<\/strong>http:\/\/www.claudiamoss.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Rating:<\/strong> \"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"★\" <\/p><\/strong><\/p>\n

Following your heart is one thing; listening to spirits is divine in IF YOU LOVE ME, COME<\/em><\/strong>, the lovely novel by Claudia Moss.<\/p>\n

Spirits are what led Freenonia Roberts to the Techwood Home projects one March night, nearly striking a boy named Mookie with her gray Mercedes, and sends her on a different path than she ever imagined. The owner of a thriving bookstore, Free\u2019s life seemed enviable, with a small circle of friends and book club members, a doting mother and a head chef boyfriend. The night she meets Mookie\u2019s sometime baby-sitter, Miz Too-Sweet, it begins a new relationship that only the spirits could align.<\/p>\n

Seeing it as her personal mission, Free brings the Atlanta housing project an experience they wouldn\u2019t forget, while Miz Too-Sweet spins life stories that provide the young woman, and, eventually, those around her, light in darkness. Free contends with whether she made the right decision to leave her boyfriend, J.T., even with his demanding ways. Rhonda, her baby sister, covets Free\u2019s storied existence and doesn\u2019t think her own is as fulfilling as a teacher, mother and wife. Sharmayne, Free\u2019s best friend, leaves her dreadful marriage to Vince behind, shedding her closeted sexuality. Pinky, Mookie\u2019s mother, attempts to find love through her three baby daddies, but nothing could cure the longing for the woman who abandoned her after childbirth.<\/p>\n

All four women have crosses that seem too much to overcome. And all four discover, through spirits sometimes unknown, that love is the answer.<\/p>\n

If You Love Me, Come <\/em>is a beautiful book. I savored every page, where the story shifted from various points of view, as well as the Southern wisdom within its pages. It reminded me of one of my favorite books, Mama Day<\/em> by Gloria Naylor.<\/p>\n

Mostly though, I was enamored by the many examples it showed of what love truly is.<\/p>\n

Reviewed January 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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