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Lambs family strives to better their lives in Jackson Mississippi in the late 1930s Lambs mother is a hardworking creative seamstress who cannot reveal shes a lesbian Lambs brother has a brilliant mind and has even earned a college scholarship for a black college up northif only he could curb his impulsiveness and rebellious nature Lamb herself is a quiet and studious girl She is also nave As she tentatively accepts the friendly overtures of a white girl who loans her a book she loves she sets a off a calamitous series of events that pulls in her mother charming hustler uncle estranged father and brotherand ends in a lynching Told with nuance and subtlety avoiding sensationalism and unnecessary brutality this youngadult novel from celebrated author Lesa ClineRansome pays homage to the female victims of white supremacy
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