by
Sadeqa Johnson
published in
2023
Stephanie B says:
When I say that I almost stopped reading because of how beautiful this book was and how invested I was in these characters' lives... *chef's kiss*
In 1950s Philadelphia and Washington, DC, the lives of 15-year-old Ruby Pearsall, whose taboo affair threatens her dreams of being the first in her family to attend college, and Eleanor Quarles, who hopes having a baby will gain her husband's wealthy family's acceptance, collide in the most unexpected of ways.