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Grown Women
Hardcover
General FictionLiterary Fiction
Publisher Price: $30.00
ISBN13: 9780063294431
Publisher: Harper
Published: Jul 9 2024
Pages: 400
Weight: 1.15
Height: 1.17 Width: 6.28 Depth: 9.29
Language: English
A New Yorker Best Book of the Year - NAACP Image Award Winner for Outstanding Debut Literary Work
This is a tender, deeply perceptive tale of what kin owes kin, and how we might work to mend old wounds together.--Elle
In this stunning debut novel, a moving multi-generational family saga, four generations of complex Black women contend with motherhood and daughterhood, generational trauma and the deeply ingrained tensions and wounds that divide them as they redefine happiness and healing for themselves.
Erudite Evelyn, her cynical daughter Charlotte, and Charlotte's optimistic daughter Corinna see the world very differently. Though they love each other deeply, it's no wonder that their personalities often clash. But their conflicts go deeper than run-of-the-mill disagreements. Here, there is deep, dark resentment for past and present hurt in this compelling work of Southern fiction.
When Corinna gives birth to her own daughter, Camille, the beautiful, intelligent little girl offers this trio of mothers something they all need: hope, joy, and an opportunity to reconcile. They decide to work together to raise their collective daughter with the tenderness and empathy they missed in their own relationships. Yet despite their best intentions, they cannot agree on what that means.
After Camille eventually leaves her mother and grandmother in rural Tennessee for a more cosmopolitan life in Washington, DC with her great-grandmother, it's unclear whether this complex and self-contained girl will thrive or be overwhelmed by the fears and dreams of three generations she carries. As she grows into a gutsy young woman in this powerful coming of age story, Camille must decide for herself what happiness will look like.
In masterful, elegant prose, debut novelist Sarai Johnson has created a rich and moving portrait of Black women's lives today, perfect for readers of contemporary Black women's fiction.
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