Sorrowland: A Novel (Hardcover)

Sorrowland: A Novel (Hardcover)The Stonewall Book Award winner of 2022 Named a Best Book of 2021 by NPR, The New York Public Library, Publishers Weekly and more! A triumphant, genre bending breakout novel from one of the boldest new voices in contemporary fiction. Vern seven months pregnant and desperate to escape the strict religious compound where she was raised flees for the shelter of the woods. There, she gives birth to twins, and plans to raise them far from the influence of

" -- Philadelphia Inquirer"Among the young black intellectuals to emerge since the demise of the civil rights movement" -- undoubtedly the most insightful and thought-provoking is Michael Eric Dyson

Along with Africa

ACE is on a mission to get rich

But what happens when the lines between script and reality get blurred

With the help of his loyal and streetwise personal driver

their story starts with Jesse Jackson's first campaign for president

A beautifully designed birthday card

In the spirit of We Should All Be Feminists and How to Be an Antiracist

There is real historical value and enduring inspiration in a close reading of many of these speeches

he took stock of his life and his pantry

"[Bateman] argues that American society has long equated the signs of aging on a woman's face with unattractiveness

the knowledge sends her on a poignant exploration of memory to prepare for her entry into motherhood