by Paula McClain REVIEW BY MEREDITH MCKINNIE “We wore the chalk on us everywhere-up to the knees, in the creases of our fingers, and in my mouth. I couldn’t keep it out and stopped trying, and that was something I loved about Africa. The way it got at you from the outside in and never […]...
by Kelly Rimmer REVIEW BY MEREDITH MCKINNIE “Life has a way of shattering our expectations, of leaving our hopes in pieces without explanation. But when there’s love in a family, the fragments left behind from our shattered dreams can always be pulled together again, even if the end result is a mosai...
by Barbara Neely REVIEW BY MEREDITH MCKINNIE “This is how we’ve survived in this country all this time, by knowing when to act like we believe what we’ve been told and when to act like we know what we know. Blanche White is a black domestic worker with a sharp tongue, keen intuition, and an […...
