The Mothers by Brit Bennett book a single mother more interested

a single mother more interested in a paycheck than homework

That it does means something has gone very wrong

In her bones

she’s left fending for herself in a town where she’s never quite felt at home

The Mothers by Brit Bennett book a single mother more interestedSet within a contemporary black community in Southern California, Brit Bennett's mesmerizing first novel is an emotionally perceptive story about community, love, and ambition. It begins with a secret. "All good secrets have a taste before you tell them, and if we'd taken a moment to swish this one around our mouths, we might have noticed the sourness of an unripe secret, plucked too soon, stolen and passed around before its season." It is the last