โ Holly Sharp
๐ Fiction
๐
2016
๐ English
โ 157 KB
๐ 1 views
โฆ LIBER โฆ
The Mothers
โ Scribed by Brit Bennett
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Year
- 2016
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 157 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0399184538
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โฆ Synopsis
One of The Millions ' "Most Anticipated" for the second half of 2016
"Brit Bennett is a brilliant and much-needed new voice in literature." -Angela Flournoy, author of National Book Award-finalist The Turner House
**
A dazzling debut novel from an exciting new voice,The Mothers is a surprising story about young love, a big secret in a small community--and the things that ultimately haunt us most.**
Set within a contemporary black community in Southern California, Brit Bennett's mesmerizing first novel is an emotionally perceptive story about community, love, and ambition. It begins with a secret.
"All good secrets have a taste before you tell them, and if we'd taken a moment to swish this one around our mouths, we might have noticed the sourness of an unripe secret, plucked too soon, stolen and passed around before its season."
It is the last season of high school life for Nadia Turner, a rebellious, grief-stricken,...
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