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February 1, 2017
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What Members Thought

Carrie
The book is told through multipule pov, with Ruth the main, Kennedy her lawyer and Turk the father of the deceased baby. Ruth is a neonatal nurse, who has been accused of the death of a new born baby. Same baby she has been told she is no longer assigned too because she is not white. The parents are both white supremacists and she is African American. The story line is fact moving and the whole book held my attention from start to finish. With twists and turns that I did not see coming and end t ...more
Neesha
Sep 17, 2017 rated it really liked it
Shelves: contemporary-lit
This was very well written and drew me in although I felt it was unsettling like most books about racism are. Not sure I agreed with some of the authors conclusions at the end but it provoked conversation.
Herta Feely
Mar 13, 2017 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Facing racism

An illuminating read. Thank you for tackling such a difficult topic. At times hard to read because of the racist aspects,but well worth hanging in there for.
Michelle Gragg
Mar 11, 2017 rated it did not like it
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