Grief is messy, and everyone shatters in different ways. This book dives into all the ways its characters fall apart after the family patriarch dies. When Judge Donaldson dies, he leaves behind a legacy as a black Judge. But he also leaves behind three very different women: tough-as-nails lawyer Maya, his daughter with his first wife; fragile, sensitive Jeannie, his younger white wife; and Ryder, the stubborn, talented stepdaughter he loves as his own. When circumstances force them to live together, they have to begin working through their years-long differences.
The author touches on racism and interracial marriage and all the ways characters can be blind to their own prejudices, even the white woman who married a black man. But the overwhelming theme is that of family learning to come together.
The book comes to a heartwarming conclusion.
The author touches on racism and interracial marriage and all the ways characters can be blind to their own prejudices, even the white woman who married a black man. But the overwhelming theme is that of family learning to come together.
The book comes to a heartwarming conclusion.