This was a great book. Tayari’s writing reminds me of J California Cooper.

Not a book to read for entertainment.

I couldn’t put this book down. At a time when the entire planet is threatened by wealthy, powerful men who use women, immigrants, hatred and division to cling to power, this book is an excellent reminder of the challenges that black people, and particularly black women, have faced and overcome in the U.S. We have come a long way, but there is still so much further to go.