RaveThe Washington Post... a magnificent, searing collection ... What struck me throughout the book was Evans’s courage in examining such fraught and inescapable points of intersection between Black and White lives ... stories also cover a full spectrum of parallel and overlapping White and Black lives, while looking unflinchingly at the impact of multiple forms of violence and constraint ... considerable range, particularly for original, affecting portrayals of grief and intimacy ... One of the many narrative pleasures of the...collection overall, is the true-to-life language of the characters; the quick, persuasive interplay of dialogue ... Another such pleasure, though, is the meticulously paced, suspenseful, page-turning aspect. Without spoiling the end, I can promise this book will make readers face the news with renewed emotion, emotion all the more potent for the devastation that history has wrought on Evans’s characters, and on all of us.
