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A GMA Buzz Pick! A Most Anticipated Book by Essence * The Millions
* Atlantic Journal Constitution * Bustle * BookPage * Nashville
Scene A Best Book of February by Washington Post * Nylon In this
glittering triptych novel, Suzette, Maple and Agnes, three Black
women with albinism, call Shreveport, Louisiana home. At the
bustling crossroads of the American South and Southwest, these
three women find themselves at the crossroads of their own lives.
Suzette, a pampered twenty-year-old, has been sheltered from the
outside world since a dangerous childhood encounter. Now, a budding
romance with a sweet mechanic allows Suzette to seek independence,
which unleashes dark reactions in those closest to her. In
discovering her autonomy, Suzette is forced to decide what she is
willing to sacrifice in order to make her own way in the world.
Maple is reeling from the unsolved murder of her free-spirited
mother. She flees the media circus and her judgmental grandmother
by shutting herself off from the world in a spare room of the motel
where she works. One night, at a party, Maple connects with Chad,
someone who may understand her pain more than she realizes, and she
discovers that the key to her mother's death may be within her
reach. Agnes is far from home, working yet another mind-numbing
job. She attracts the interest of a lonely security guard and army
veteran who's looking for a traditional life for himself and his
young son. He's convinced that she wields a certain "magic," but
Agnes soon unleashes a power within herself that will shock them
both and send her on a trip to confront not only her family and her
past, but also herself. This novel, told in three parts, is a
searing meditation on grief, female strength, and self-discovery
set against a backdrop of complicated social and racial histories.
Nobody's Magic is a testament to the power of family-the ones
you're born in and the ones you choose. And in these three
narratives, among the yearning and loss, each of these women may
find a seed of hope for the future.
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