Set in the 1980s in racially and politically turbulent Philadelphia and in the tiny town of Bonaparte, Alabama-about a mother fighting for her sanity and survival.
Makes a strong case for the fact that the past can never truly be shaken off ... Poignant, heartbreaking ... The shifts in perspective can try the reader’s patience, but they mirror the reality that every historical event inspires multiple, conflicting points of view.
Sharp characters, vivid settings, and beautiful sentences ... The worlds of these two places, and these two women, mesh in surprising and gorgeous ways ... Fans will not be disappointed.
