"A full-bodied literary achievement bustling with sweat, regret, and sound." --KIESE LAYMON Ndiya Grayson returns to her childhood home of Chicago as a young professional, but even her high-end job in a law office can\'t protect her from half-repressed memories of childhood trauma.
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One evening, vulnerable and emotionally disarrayed, she goes out and meets her equal and opposite: Shame Luther, a no-nonsense construction worker by day and a self-taught piano player by night. "A full-bodied literary achievement bustling with sweat, regret, and sound." --KIESE LAYMON Ndiya Grayson returns to her childhood home of Chicago as a young professional, but even her high-end job in a law office can\'t protect her from half-repressed memories of childhood trauma