Dorothea Wilson is no stranger to adversity. Growing up in Harlem in the 1930s was no picnic, and neither were the new challenges that approached her as a black woman in the 40s.
But some things are bigger than her background and somehow she's the...
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( cause she was the girl that I used to be... )
moanin' sarah vaughan
catharsis aether
strange fruit billie holiday
black and blue louis armstrong
home daughter
it's a man's world james brown
a sunday kind of love etta james
bewitched, bothered, and bewildered ella fitzgerald
teach me tonight dinah washington
empathy alicks
reflections the neighbourhood
only ry x
( ... I'm not what you see )
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as I do with all of my books that take place in older time periods, I tried to make as much of this playlist have songs from that time. obviously, with it being the 30s and 40s it was kind of hard to find music with words that was relevant, so I stepped outside for a few songs that I listened to in my personal playlist that I felt related to Lydia's journey in this book!
also I didn't include it, but do listen to alterlife by rina sawayama. her music in general is just good, but the song definitely gave me inspiration.
![Alterlife ⇝ Bucky Barnes [1]](https://img.wattpad.com/cover/72942217-64-k847002.jpg)