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[Copy provided by publisher]

READ IF YOU LIKE...
� Honest portrayals of the road to recovery
� Queer women slowly accepting themselves
� Therapy

I THOUGHT IT WAS...
A steady and realistic account of a Black woman trying to take back her life after four years of incarceration. After losing her freedom to addiction, Ranita is determined to stay on the right path and earn her children back. But unfolding the layers of her past trauma is anything but easy.

There's nothing dramatic or overwrought about this novel. This is simply the story of a Black woman trying to rebuild her life after prison, trying to heal from deep wounds, trying to choose reality over oblivion, trying to relearn how to be a mother. I will admit I was waiting for something huge to occur around every chapter, whether it be a horrendous relapse or a dangerous reunion with her ex. But I liked the restraint that Lee chose in this novel. There's hardship enough in what Ranita's going through and has gone through. In many ways, her very real challenges are more intense and important than any drama.