This was a very reflective story on love, pain and coming of age. His girlfriend, Natasha lives and goes to school in Harlem, New York. The boy, Antonio is at first in jail and then in prison for the murder of his father. This book invoked so many emotions within me, sorrowful, proudness, shame and bittersweet to name a few. Upstate by Kalisha Buckhanon is written as a series of letters from two young people. Urban is not my preferred genre, therefore I put off reading it until seven years later. I have owned this book for several years and the only hesitation in reading it was on the assumption that it's of an urban nature based on its title "Upstate" referring to the New York and more precisely the prison. To listen to Upstate by Kalisha Buckhanon on audio is the best way you can actually hear the maturity in the main characters, Natasha's voice as the story progresses just like she did in the story.The cover of this book caught my eye with a white butterfly on a red background. The story surprised me with interesting characters told between a young couple whom are separated by incarceration and their lives are illustrated through letters to one another. Her articles and essays appear on several popular womens blogs and cultural websites. Her short stories are widely published in many online and university print literary journals. In the same vein of Kalisha Buckhanons critically-acclaimed debut novel Upstate, again she shares an emotionally beautiful story about todays youth that. I bought an audio recording of the book at a used book sale and decided to play it in my car as I travel the southern roads of Alabama. Kalisha Buckhanons novels are Solemn, Conception and Upstate.
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