This was such a fun reading experience. I do love the deeper commentary regarding the things that we are expected to do but also about the things that women (and specifically women of color) are expected to give up in order to do those things that are expected of us.

I know that this will be a hit. The prose was beautiful and the storyline was propulsive. I know so many people who I'm going to recommend it to because I know that they'll love it.

I feel like you can always tell when a poet writes a novel. The language is gorgeous, dense, and usually quite unique. I’ve read Yrsa Daley-Ward’s poetry collection “Bone” a few years ago and was drawn in by her use of descriptive language and beautiful visuals. Her novel writing is no different. This story centers on twin sisters living very different lives, when one of the sister’s sees a woman who looks exactly like their mother, who years ago seemingly drowned in the Thames, except this version of her has not aged and doesn’t have children. I think this is a good one to go into mostly blind. It’s a really beautiful character study, the dialogue is done in an interesting, propulsive way, and the world that the author creates is rooted in reality, but often feels mythical. The cover is also stunning, my god. I’ll be buying a hardcover of this for so many people in my life.