Ashley hope pérez books5/20/2023 ![]() Did you need some time to adjust to how completely emotionally obliterating this book will be? Too bad-welcome to page one, where we are faced with the rubble of a recently exploded school littered with bodies. The novel begins in media res (you know-in the middle of things). Whatever else you’re reading can wait a day or two for you to read this instead. Go RIGHT NOW and order this book from your library or favorite bookstore. Don’t bookmark this review as some reminder. Don’t write it down on a list and then forget about it. But you need to figure out a way to find time to read this book as soon as possible. Our TBR lists are infinite scrolls and we’ll never even touch half of what we hope to read. And sometimes all it takes is an explosion.Īshley Hope Pérez takes the facts of the 1937 New London school explosion-the worst school disaster in American history-as a backdrop for a riveting novel about segregation, love, family, and the forces that destroy people. But there are some forces even the most determined color lines cannot resist. ![]() Naomi Smith and Wash Fullerton know about the lines in East Texas as well as anyone. ![]()
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