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Suzanne Claud, from Bookideas.com

"Colored Waiting Room by Patricia Pope is not for the faint hearted. It is a powerful story of one woman's stand against racism, bigotry and government racketeering. It is an honest book where the novel's central character is portrayed 'warts and all'. You will empathize with her but the subtle changes in her character as the situations unveil are disturbing leading to an inevitable ending."

I recommend this book especially for those people who are interested in psychology and the effects of power play on the mind."

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Dawn R. Reeves, of the RAWSISTAZ Reviewers

"We read and watch as this woman attempts to fight the system within and lose her mind in the interim. Additionally, we are able to experience with Alberta a romantic encounter that she has against her better judgment. How does this encounter fit into the scheme of things at the nuclear plant? Who are these people, both black and white, that enter and disturb Alberta's world? Why is Alberta marked as a revolutionary and troublemaker within the 'good ole boy' network?

It is quite evident, as Pope states in the synopsis, that this book is for both the casual reader and the scholar. The colored waiting room, on the grounds of the nuclear plant, is symbolic and through Alberta's actions and her musings this room becomes her refuge. The use of several literary techniques is excellent providing for a thoughtful, sympathetic, yet disturbing read."

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Terri Campbell, Senior Reviewer for Linear Reflections

"I'm sitting here with troubled thinking, after having closed the last page of 'Colored Waiting Room,' by Patricia Pope. I was a Corporal at a nearby detention center, and experienced along with other females, both white and black, much of what Patricia Pope writes about. My former spouse also worked at a nuclear power plant, as does the central character Alberta Graham. Readers, I warn you, Ms. Pope's book isn't about pretty dreams. It's a poignant look at white man's reality in the deep south. It's also a tough and very realistic view of what it's like to be a single black female working in a southern white world. The entire globe is full of racism, and it unfortunately will never change."

Check out the entire book review at Linear Reflections.