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Named a Most Anticipated Book of Fall by People Essence New York Post PopSugar New York Newsday Entertainment Weekly Town amp Country Bustle Fortune and Book Riot

Told from alternating perspectives this propulsive deeply felt tale of race and friendship People follows two women one Black and one white whose friendship is indelibly altered by a tragic event

Jen and Riley have been best friends since kindergarten As adults they remain as close as sisters though their lives have taken different directions Jen married young and after years of trying is finally pregnant Riley pursued her childhood dream of becoming a television journalist and is poised to become one of the first Black female anchors of the top news channel in their hometown of Philadelphia

But the deep bond they share is severely tested when Jens husband a city police officer is involved in the shooting of an unarmed Black teenager Six months pregnant Jen is in freefall as her future her husbands freedom and her friendship with Riley are thrown into uncertainty Covering this careermaking story Riley wrestles with the implications of this tragic incident for her Black community her ambitions and her relationship with her lifelong friend

Like Tayari Joness An American Marriage and Jodi Picoults Small Great Things We Are Not Like Them takes us to uncomfortable placesin the best possible waywhile capturing so much of what we are all thinking and feeling about race A sharp timely and soulsatisfying novel Emily Giffin New York Times bestselling author that is both a powerful conversation starter and a celebration of the enduring power of friendship