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Bombingham by Anthony Grooms is the powerful story of a middle-class black family living in a time of great unrest. Accepting the charge of writing a letter to the parents of a fallen friend and fellow soldier, Walter Burke begins to reflect on the effects that segregation has had on his family and the effect the Vietnam war is having on him. Narrator Dion Graham provides an exceptional reading of Grooms' unsentimental prose.
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"This was a really good book...It's set in Birmingham, Alabama during the Civil Rights movement and the protagonist is a young boy about 12 years old. I don't want to give away the story but I would highly recommend it--it was one of those that was hard for me to put down."
— Blaise (4 out of 5 stars)
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" Very good historical fiction, interesting points of view "
— Joette, 10/30/2013 -
" This was my common book for my freshman year of college. And I really enjoyed the writing style of this particular author. He can really take you to Birmingham. "
— Amy, 7/24/2013 -
" This is a truly marvelous novel -- both quiet and beautiful -- set amidst the violence of the Civil Rights movement in the 1960s. More people should know about this book. "
— Joe, 6/9/2013 -
" At first I didn't like this book because it had a lot of very disgusting descriptions of scenes from a war. Later, the book was about the narrator when he was 11 years old and it was very interesting. I had to read this for school but I'm glad I did it. I really think more people should read it! "
— Lovisa, 3/27/2013 -
" This is a powerful read. Dr. Grooms paints a stirring portrait of the Civil Rights era. "
— Kevin, 3/22/2013 -
" A story beginning in the muddy, bloody fields of Vietnam with flashbacks to the civil rights struggle in Birmingham. Hard to read about, harder still to live through. I was inspired to read it after visiting the Civil Rights Institute here in B'ham. "
— Ann, 12/15/2012 -
" A pretty gut wrenching story of young boy and his family during the civil rights movement. A stellar debut novel. "
— ABC, 11/10/2012 -
" An awesome tale of the civil rights movement. "
— Lance, 10/14/2012 -
" I was impressed by the book's handling of the protagonist Walter's family and the backdrop of the civil rights struggle. "
— Karen, 6/26/2012 -
" This book was very good. It described what life was like during the civil rights era. Not only was it descriptive, it was highly entertaining. Bombingham included all aspects I a great novel. "
— John, 5/6/2012
About Dion Graham
Dion Graham is an award-winning narrator named a “Golden Voice” by AudioFile magazine. He has been a recipient of the prestigious Audie Award numerous times, as well as Earphones Awards, the Publishers Weekly Listen Up Awards, IBPA Ben Franklin Awards, and the ALA Odyssey Award. He was nominated in 2015 for a Voice Arts Award for Outstanding Narration. He is also a critically acclaimed actor who has performed on Broadway, off Broadway, internationally, in films, and in several hit television series. He is a graduate of Rutgers University’s Mason Gross School of the Arts, with an MFA degree in acting.