RED AT THE BONE PB – JACQUELINE WOODSON

p b i THE TIMES /i 100 BEST SUMMER READS /b br / b br / i NEW YORK TIMES /i TOP 10 BESTSELLER /b br / b br / LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN S PRIZE 2020 /b br / br / br / Sublime b Candice Carty-Williams br / /b An epic in miniature b Tayari Jones /b br / A banger b Ta-Nehisi Coates /b br / Generous and big-hearted b Brit Bennett /b br / A true spell of a book b Ocean Vuong /b br / A proclamation b R.O. Kwon /b br / A little masterpiece b Paula Hawkins /b br / I adored this book b Elizabeth MacNeal br / /b Pure poetry i b Observer br / /b /i A sharply focused gem i b Sunday Times br / /b /i Will remind you why you love reading i b Stylist br / /b /i Haunting b i Guardian /i /b br / A wonderful, tragic, inspiring story b i Metro br / /i /b Prose that sings off the page… Gorgeous i b Mail on Sunday /b /i br / A nuanced portrait of shifting family relationships b i Financial Times /i /b br / As seductive as a Prince bop b i O, The Oprah Magazine /i /b br / Razor-sharp i b Vanity Fair br / /b /i Dazzling… With urgent, vital insights into questions of class, gender, race, history, queerness and sex i b New York Times /b /i br / b br / An unexpected teenage pregnancy brings together two families from different social classes, and exposes the private hopes, disappointments and longings that can bind or divide us. br / From the i New York Times /i -bestselling and National Book Award-winning author of i Another Brooklyn /i and i Brown Girl Dreaming /i . br / br / /b Brooklyn, 2001. It is the evening of sixteen-year-old Melody s coming of age ceremony in her grandparents brownstone. Watched lovingly by her relatives and friends, making her entrance to the music of Prince, she wears a special custom-made dress – the very same dress that was sewn for a different wearer, Melody s mother, for a celebration that ultimately never took place. br / br /