"This novel, long-listed for the National Book Award, maps the friendship of five young Black women over the course of two decades. The story opens with the death of a grandparent, then weaves between the Presidency of Barack Obama, Donald Trump's first term, and the COVID-19 pandemic. The five main characters, who live in Los Angeles and New York City, come of age in the time of social media, climate anxiety, and police violence."
"As the professor navigates retirement, the baby grows into a rambunctious child who rebels against the traditions of her fishing community. Jones, nodding to events like the 1992 Bombay riots, sets the story at a time when the city was contending with religious tension and tumultuous change-historical forces with which the characters reckon as they try to shape their own fates."
The Wilderness follows five young Black women over two decades, opening with a grandparent's death and moving through the Obama presidency, Trump's first term, and the COVID-19 pandemic. The characters live in Los Angeles and New York City and come of age amid social media, climate anxiety, and police violence. The women wrestle with obligations to one another and with how to 'be or do good' in public and intimate life. The Unbroken Coast traces a retired Mumbai history professor's chance meeting with a mother and sick baby in 1978 that binds two families across thirty years amid religious tension, the 1992 Bombay riots, and rapid social change.
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