Riley and Jen have been besties since girlhood, and as this debut novel from Pride and Piazza opens, they are both realizing their dreams. 'Pride and Piazza ask hard questions about race and what it means to be a mother.The longtime friendship between a Black newscaster and a White woman married to a cop is tested by a tragedy. Cinnamon’s love for her adopted daughter and her willingness to challenge age-old structures of power in order to provide the love she so desperately craved in her own childhood is a reminder that in attempting to rescue others, we are sometimes able to save ourselves.” - ASHA LEMMIE, New York Times bestselling author of Fifty Words for Rain “A touching, deeply thoughtful meditation on motherhood, race, chosen family and the many forms of love that make up the lives of women.

Tender, provocative, thoughtful-I was invested in this story from the very first page.' - KATE BAER, New York Times bestselling author of I Hope This Finds You Well 'I picked up this book on a Sunday morning and could do nothing else until I finished it that evening. What makes a family? Who has the right to raise a child? Does race matter more than love or security? And perhaps most important of all-why don't we feel comfortable asking these questions? This novel will spark one of many conversations America should be having.' - JODI PICOULT, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Mad Honey Before you begin You Were Always Mine, ask yourself why you often see white foster parents with Black kids.but rarely the other way around. 'The work of Jo Piazza and Christine Pride sits squarely at the tender intersection of race, class, and ethics-wrapped in beautiful prose and a killer plot that keeps you turning the pages. Is being a mother a right, an obligation, or a privilege? Who gets to be a mother? And to whom? And what are we willing to sacrifice for the sake of marriage, friendship, and our dreams?

Once again, these authors bring their “empathetic, riveting, and authentic” (Laura Dave, New York Times bestselling author) storytelling to an unforgettable novel that revolves around provocative and timely questions about race, class, and motherhood. The acclaimed authors of the “emotional literary roller coaster” (The Washington Post) and Good Morning America book club pick We Are Not Like Them return with this moving and provocative novel about a Black woman who finds an abandoned white baby, sending her on a collision course with her past, her family, and a birth mother who doesn’t want to be found.

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