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๐๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ข๐๐ค๐ฌ
๐๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ซ: ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ง ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ
๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐: ๐.๐๐.๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฎ ๐๐ช๐ ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ!
๐๐ข๐ง๐ง๐๐ซ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐/๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ณ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ข๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ-๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ค ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ง ๐๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐๐ค๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐๐๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ก๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ฆ๐.
Thank you @algonquinbooks and @lioness_tales for a spot on tour and a gifted copy.
Itโs 1957, and after leaving the only home she has ever known, Alice Young steps off the bus into the all-Black town of New Jessup, Alabama, where residents have largely rejected integration as the means for Black social advancement. Instead, they seek to maintain, and fortify, the community they cherish on their โside of the woods.โ In this place, Alice falls in love with Raymond Campbell, whose clandestine organizing activities challenge New Jessupโs longstanding status quo and could lead to the young coupleโs expulsionโor worseโfrom the home they both hold dear. But as Raymond continues to push alternatives for enhancing New Jessupโs political power, Alice must find a way to balance her undying support for his underground work with her desire to protect New Jessup from the rising pressure of upheaval from inside, and outside, their side of town.
๐บ The reviews have been incredible so far, singing praises for Jamila Minnicksโs debut novel. Iโve seen it described as immersive, elegant, and brilliant! I canโt wait to experience this book!
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