This Could Be Us (Skyland, #2)

by Kennedy Ryan

“There

are years

that ask questions and years that answer.” —Zora Neale Hurston, Their ...

“Dream about her?” I cock my head to the side, snatching

Oh. He cheating. Lol.

My daughter Lupe

This is the Hispanic family ? 3 daughters. Cheating mean husband. With the assistant.

it was illegal for Black women to stay at home.”

“They passed an ordinance requiring Black women to work. During the First World War, Black soldiers would send money home to their families. For some of their wives, it meant they didn’t have to work outside the home for the first time.”

“When white women in town asked them to clean their houses and look after their kids, they didn’t need the money and refused.”

“They couldn’t stand that, though, so they literally passed an ordinance requiring the ‘negresses’ to work outside the home, giving them back their nannies and domestics.”