This book delivers a heart-warming, lyrical celebration of generations of black women in Memphis. The characters are beautifully complex and ambitious, and the interweaving of their stories creates a larger than life account of the world they move through. Such a vibrant depiction of the community, love, and power that exists within the black women of America is a must read for everyone!

So immersive is this intimate, warming ode to the city of Memphis that you almost feel like a true Memphian by the turn of the last page. For fans of Toni Morrison.

Wow what a debut! This is definitely going to be a book that will stay with me for a while and I can see this being adapted for the screen in the near future . It’s a slow burn to start but this doesn’t put you off as the writing and characters are amazing and I became invested in their lives from the onset . It stretches over 60 years and flips back and forth so we get to see the events that lead to make the women who they are now . It’s not an easy read as it’s set against a backdrop of racism and injustice but the author also, uses an element of humour in her writing and the characters are just so real I was thinking about them every time I put the book down . I can’t wait to see what she writes next , wonderful novel .

This is a well written novel about three generations of women the North family from Memphis. It is written in what I call the snippet style, that is short, punchy chapters, not in chronological order , but following a sensible order, developing on ideas. If a film producer decided to produce a film of this book, and someone should, the screenplay is virtually already written. It is not always easy reading the family have a hard life all in all, but the story is gripping. This book should be read by everybody who thinks that they have had a hard life, and maybe haven't, and anybody with sufficient empathy to understand the family and their actions. The author's poetic roots show through as the text is well structured and fairly compact. Give this book a go, you'll enjoy it. I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

A powerful story following three generations of a Southern Black family living in Memphis. This book is devastatingly gorgeous and completely destroyed me. The way it oscillated from being intensely joyful one moment to searingly heartbreaking the next was remarkably executed. Every character felt three dimensional and have lingered long in my thoughts since reading. The writing is divine with a lyrical quality that sings from the page. Lastly the sense of place is wonderfully evoked throughout the novel from the house’s front porch to the music filled streets of Memphis. A book that made me smile one page and cry on the next, I will be thrusting this novel into everyone’s hands.