The Mothers: A Novel Cover:Paperback men and women of African

men and women of African birth or descent staged mock battles against heathens

The King’s Men

a principal who wears a Venetian bauta mask

As bedtime approaches

red flower

The Mothers: A Novel Cover:Paperback men and women of AfricanNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Bittersweet, sexy, morally fraught. The New York Times Book Review "Fantastic a book that feels alive on the page." The Washington Post From the New York Times bestselling author of The Vanishing Half, the beloved novel about young love and a big secret in a small community. Set within a contemporary black community in Southern California, Brit Bennett's mesmerizing first novel is an emotionally perceptive story about