Red at the Bone
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER BY THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR
THE TIMES '100 BEST SUMMER READS' 2020
LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE 2020
Brooklyn, 2001. It is the evening of sixteen-year-old Melody's coming of age ceremony in her grandparents' brownstone. Watched lovingly by her relatives and friends, she wears a special custom-made dress — the very same dress that was sewn for Melody's mother, for a celebration that ultimately never took place.
Unfurling the history of Melody's family — from the 1921 Tulsa race massacre to post 9/11 New York — Red at the Bone explores sexual desire, identity,
'An epic in miniature' — Tayari Jones
'Generous and big-hearted' — Brit Bennett
'A true spell of a book' — Ocean Vuong
'Urgent, vital insights into questions of class, gender, race, history, queerness and sex' — New York Times
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