Many thanks to NetGalley and Knopf Publishing Pantheon for gifting me a digital ARC of the debut novel by Lakiesha Carr - 4 stars!
A middle-aged woman feed slots at a secret, back-room parlor. A new mother descends into a devastating postpartum depression, wracked with the fear that she is unable to protect her children. A daughter returns home to join the other women in her family waging spiritual combat with the ghosts of their past.
These three stories explore Black womanhood in a very intimate, raw, and powerful way. I loved the first two stories and especially the second, while the third seemed a bit too long and I was confused about the characters (but that may just have been me!). But oh that second story - a new mother scared for her two small boys in a world that is not very kind to Black boys. Combine that with postpartum depression and you have such a real, scary world. Anxious to read more from this author!
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