An engrossing and powerful novel about what it means to be free that is Inspired by the life of Dr. Susan Smith McKinney Steward (one of the first black female doctors in the United States) and her daughter
Freedom is all around Libertie, but she is constantly being restrained -- by her mother, her husband, her community, her in-laws, by her gender
A story of mothers figuring out how to carve out the best future for their children
Hardcover was #1 April 2021 INDIE NEXT PICK with 53 nominations and a Library Reads title in March 2021
Greenidge's debut was one of the New York Times Critics' Top 10 Books of 2016, a finalist for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, and a Whiting Award winner and received major media attention from the New York Times Book Review, NPR, Elle, Essence, O, The Oprah Magazine, Marie Claire,and elsewhere
