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Author Coster, Naima, 1986- author
Title What's mine and yours : a novel / Naima Coster
Publ&date New York, NY : Grand Central Publishing, Hachette Book Group, 2021
©2021
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Edition First edition
ISBN 9781538702345 hardcover
1538702347 hardcover
Descript 341 pages ; 24 cm
Series Read with Jenna
Read with Jenna
Summary "When a county initiative in the Piedmont of North Carolina forces the students at a mostly black public school on the east side to move across town to a nearly all-white high school on the west, the community rises in outrage. For two students, quiet and aloof Gee and headstrong Noelle, these divisions will extend far beyond their schooling. As their paths collide and overlap over the course of thirty years, their two seemingly disconnected families begin to form deeply knotted, messy ties that shape the trajectory of their lives. On one side of the school integration debate is Jade, Gee's steely, single, black mother, grieving for her murdered partner, and determined for her son to have the best chance at a better life. On the other, is Noelle's enterprising mother, Lacey May, who refuses to see her half-Latina daughters as anything but white. The choices these mothers make will resound for years to come. And twenty years later, when Lacey's daughters return home to visit her in hospital, they're forced to confront the ways their parents' decisions continue to affect the life they live and the people they love. WHAT'S MINE AND YOURS is a sweeping, rich tapestry of familial bond and identity, and a sharp, poignant look at the ways race affects even the closest of relationships. This is not just one love story, but many: It's the all-consuming volatile passion of young lovers and the quieter comfort of steady companionship; it's the often tenuous but unbreakable bond between siblings; and it's the unconditional love that runs between parent and child and encompasses adoration, contempt and forgiveness. With gorgeous prose, Naima Coster explores the unique organism that is every family: what breaks them apart and how they come back together"-- Provided by publisher
Note Series information from jacket
Subject School integration -- Fiction
Race relations -- Fiction
Mother and child -- Fiction
Families -- North Carolina -- Fiction
Parents of racially mixed children -- Fiction
Racially mixed children -- Fiction
Racism -- Fiction
Alt Title What is mine and yours