"Wholly engrossing, exquisitely researched, so timely and suspenseful, I highly recommend this novel." To learn more, visit O Magazine - “27 of 2021's Most Anticipated Historical Fiction Novels That Will Sweep You Away.” Originally from Philadelphia, she currently lives near Richmond, Virginia, with her husband and three children. Her accolades include being the recipient of the National Book Club Award, the Phillis Wheatley Award and the USA Best Book Award for best fiction. Sadeqa Johnson is the Globe and Mail best-selling author of Yellow Wife, And Then There Was Me, Second House From the Corner and Love in a Carry-on Bag.
With their stories colliding in the most unexpected of ways, Ruby and Eleanor will both make decisions that shape the trajectory of their lives. But having a baby-and fitting in-is easier said than done. Eleanor hopes that a baby will make her finally feel at home in William’s family and grant her the life she’s been searching for. But William hails from one of DC’s elite wealthy Black families, and his parents don’t let just anyone into their fold. When she meets the handsome William Pride at Howard University, they fall madly in love. But a taboo love affair threatens to pull her back down into the poverty and desperation that has been passed on to her like a birthright.Įleanor Quarles arrives in Washington, DC, with ambition and secrets. From the award-winning author of Yellow Wife, a daring and redemptive novel set in 1950s Philadelphia and Washington, DC, that explores what it means to be a woman and a mother, and how much one is willing to sacrifice to achieve her greatest goal.ġ950s Philadelphia: fifteen-year-old Ruby Pearsall is on track to becoming the first in her family to attend college, in spite of having a mother more interested in keeping a man than raising a daughter.
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