Perish Watkins Latoya
"A brave triumph of a novel that readers won't forget long after finishing it."--The New York Times Book ReviewNamed a Most Anticipated Book of the Year by Good Morning America * Essence* Esquire *…
Specifikacia Perish Watkins Latoya
"A brave triumph of a novel that readers won't forget long after finishing it."--The New York Times Book ReviewNamed a Most Anticipated Book of the Year by Good Morning America * Essence* Esquire * The Root * Bustle * Ebony * PopSugar * Ms. * The MillionsBear it or perish yourself. Those are the words Helen Jean hears that fateful night in her cousin's outhouse that change the trajectory of her life.Spanning decades, Perish tracks the choices Helen Jean--the matriarch of the Turner family--makes and the way those choices have rippled across generations. We meet four members of the Black Texan family: Julie B., a woman who regrets her wasted youth and the time spent under Helen Jean's thumb; Alex, a police officer grappling with a dark and twisted past; Jan, a mother of two who yearns to go to school and