Thank you to NetGalley and Sourcebooks for an ARC of this title in exchange for my honest review. This book just got better and better the more I read. As Judith nears the end of her life, full of her "things," she decides to start an inventory. As the novel unfolds, you find there is so much more background and family history than you'd have guessed. Judith comes across as materialistic, but there's more to it. Each piece has a history and a part of the story. This was just a lovely, nice book, and I can't recommend it enough.

The setting is in Bound, South Carolina during the harsh time period in the 1920’s. This was a disturbing book to read, but an important probe of family secrets, bigotry, and callous feelings and opinions. I love the way the author used the list of items in Judith's inventory to tell a heartrending story that influenced people's lives many years later. The characters are likable, interesting and kind, except for the father who is hateful and mean. Written with clarity and insight, this remarkable story has all the ingredients of great literature. I really enjoyed this book. I would be interested in reading more from this author. I highly recommend it. I was fortunate to receive this novel from Netgalley as an Advance Reader Copy, in exchange for an objective review.

This book was fantastic. I will read anything else written by the author, Andrea Bobotis. This book is not one you can rush through it needs to be soaked into your bones. Racially charged times of the 1920's in the South are the setting for the book and the Miss Judith in the title is the narrator of the story. She tells us about how her brother came to be shot over 50 years earlier. The other characters of Olva and Rosemarie and Quincy and the father, are not as fleshed out as Judith's but you still feel like you know them. And in the case of Quincy and the father I would not want to know them. I highly recommend to any intelligent reader who enjoys historical non fiction set in the gothic South.

Thank you to Net Galley and the publisher for the chance to read and review.

The Last List of Judith Kratt by author Andrea Bobotis is a great book! It is tightly woven and slowly lets loose! The characters are great (and not so great) and the conclusion is satisfying!
Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for an arc copy of The Last List of Judith Kratt in exchange for an honest review.

This was a discomforting book to read, but an important exploration of family secrets, racism, and insensitive feelings and opinions. The characters, for the most part are unlikeable, and the father downright mean and hateful. That being said, there are some interesting, kind and thoughtful characters as well. The author evokes a time and place that is part of our history. She also portrays how material things have history, stories and meaning---but perhaps not so important after all.