The Women Could Fly Black & African American Historical Fiction In “The Birthday Present

In “The Birthday Present

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The unsolved murder turns Hannah’s world upside-down and threatens to destroy everything she’s built

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The Women Could Fly Black & African American Historical Fiction In “The Birthday PresentReminiscent of the works of Margaret Atwood, Shirley Jackson, and Octavia Butler, a biting social commentary from the acclaimed author of Lakewood that speaks to our timesa piercing dystopian novel about the unbreakable bond between a young woman and her mysterious mother, set in a world in which witches are real and single women are closely monitored. Josephine Thomas has heard every conceivable theory about her mother's disappearance. That she was