Red at the Bone

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER   A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR   A spectacular novel that only this legend can pull off. -Ibram X. Kendi, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of HOW TO BE AN ANTIRACIST, in The Atlantic   An exquisite tale of family legacy....The power and poetry of Woodson's writing conjures up Toni Morrison. - PeopleIn less than 200 sparsely filled pages, this book manages to encompass issues of class, education, ambition, racial prejudice, sexual desire and orientation, identity, mother-daughter relationships, parenthood and loss....With Red at the Bone, Jacqueline Woodson has indeed risen -- even further into the ranks of great literature. - NPRThis poignant tale of choices and their aftermath, history and legacy, will resonate with mothers and daughters. -Tayari Jones, bestselling author of AN AMERICAN MARRIAGE, in O Magazine   An unexpected teenage pregnancy pulls together two families from different social classes, and exposes the private hopes, disappoi