This is a fantastic collection of memories about growing up just before and during the civil rights movement. The author describes her childhood with her brothers and sisters in NJ with their Nanny Amelia. This is a book about race but it's also about family and childhood and understanding the world. At the back of the book there are book group discussion questions and the very last one asks "are race relations better today? If so, how? If not, what can be done? Considering what happened this week in the US, I'm going to say no they aren't better and we really need to figure out what can be done.

Full disclosure: the author is a member of my in person book group and I can't wait to discuss this with her next month.