It features everything I love in a great story: well-drawn characters, vivid prose, a strong narrative voice, thought-provoking themes (including race, class, sexuality, teen pregnancy, social mobility and ambition) and an original structure that interweaves different storylines and jumps backwards and forwards in time.īut this novella about a Black American family, told from multiple points of view, didn’t really work for me. It’s been nominated for many prizes (including the Women’s Prize for Fiction), been a runaway bestseller and named as one of the books of the year in countless media outlets ( New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today et al). Jacqueline Woodson’s Red at the Bone came recommended to me with much fanfare. Fiction – Kindle edition W&N 208 pages 2020.
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