Empathetic, riveting, and authentic, We Are Not Like Them will stay with you long after you turn the last page.
Jen and Riley have. --Laura Dave, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Thing He Told Me Told from alternating perspectives, an evocative and riveting novel about the lifelong bond between two women, one Black and one white, whose friendship is indelibly altered by a tragic event--a powerful and poignant exploration of race in America today and its devastating impact on ordinary lives.
Now these women, they can WRITE! --Terry McMillan, New York Times bestselling author of It\'s Not All Downhill from Here We Are Not Like Them will stay with you long after you turn the last page.
But at its heart, it\'s a story of enduring friendship--a love that defies the odds even as it faces its most difficult challenges.
Like Tayari Jones\'s An American Marriage and Jodi Picoult\'s Small Great Things, We Are Not Like Them explores complex questions of race and how they pervade and shape our most intimate spaces in a deeply divided world.
Covering this career-making story, Riley wrestles with the implications of this tragic incident for her Black community, her ambitions, and her relationship with her lifelong friend.
Six months pregnant, Jen is in freefall as her future, her husband\'s freedom, and her friendship with Riley are thrown into uncertainty.
But the deep bond they share is severely tested when Jen\'s husband, a city police officer, is involved in the shooting of an unarmed Black teenager.
Riley pursued her childhood dream of becoming a television journalist and is poised to become one of the first Black female anchors of the top news channel in their hometown of Philadelphia.
Jen married young, and after years of trying, is finally pregnant.
As adults, they remain as close as sisters, though their lives have taken different directions.
Jen and Riley have been best friends since kindergarten. --Attica Locke, author of Heaven, My Home Told from alternating perspectives, an evocative and riveting novel about the lifelong bond between two women, one Black and one white, whose friendship is indelibly altered by a tragic event--a powerful and poignant exploration of race in America today and its devastating impact on ordinary lives. --Laura Dave, author of The Last Thing He Told Me Beautifully heartfelt, Christine Pride and Jo Piazza\'s book finds hope in the friends\' love for one another, that with understanding there may be a way forward.
Empathetic, riveting, and authentic, We Are Not Like Them will stay with you long after you turn the last page
