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The memoir-in-essays from the young-adult author chronicles his moves from Haiti to Canada and then the U.S. as well as the frustrations, anger — and humor — of being Black in predominantly white spaces.
Set in an image-obsessed San Diego during the ’90s, the story follows three women in the Lockhart family — a mother and two daughters — as they navigate the aftermath when the patriarch has an affair and leaves.
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