{"product_id":"whats-mine-and-yours-paperback","title":"What's Mine and Yours - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNaima Coster\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Read with Jenna \u003ci\u003eToday\u003c\/i\u003e Show Book Club Pick! \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn instant \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller! \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller! \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNamed a Best Book of 2021 by \u003ci\u003eAmazon - Esquire - Marie Claire - Refinery29 - Kirkus - Redbook - Ms. Magazine - The Millions - Undomesticated Magazine - Paperback Paris\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A once-every-few-years reading experience.\"--Mary Beth Keane, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eAsk Again, Yes\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Coster portrays her characters' worlds with startling vitality. As the children fall in lust and love, grapple with angst and battle the tides of New South politics, Coster's writing shines\"--\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom the author of Halsey Street, a sweeping novel of legacy, identity, the American family--and the ways that race affects even our most intimate relationships.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the Piedmont of North Carolina, two families' paths become unexpectedly intertwined over twenty years. Jade and Lacey May are two mothers determined to give their children the opportunities they never had. After a harrowing loss, Jade wants to hand down the tools her son, Gee, will need to survive in America as a sensitive young Black man. Meanwhile, Lacey May, having left the husband she loves, strives to protect her three half-Latina daughters from their charming father's influence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen a county initiative draws students from the largely Black east side of town into a predominantly white high school on the west, each mother stands on different sides of the integration debate. Gee meets Lacey May's daughter Noelle during the school play, and their families begin to form deeply knotted, messy ties that will shape the trajectory of their adult lives. And their mothers make choices that will haunt them for decades to come. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat's Mine and Yours\u003c\/i\u003e is an expansive yet intimate multigenerational tapestry of motherhood, identity, and the legacies we inherit. It explores the unique organism that is every family: what breaks them apart and how they come back together.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNaima Coster\u003c\/b\u003e is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eWhat's Mine and Yours. \u003c\/i\u003eShe is also the author of \u003ci\u003eHalsey Street, \u003c\/i\u003e and a finalist for the 2018 Kirkus Prize for Fiction and was a 2020 National Book Foundation's 5 Under 35 honoree. Naima's stories and essays have appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times, Kweli\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eParis Review Daily, Catapult\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eRumpus\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia University, as well as degrees from Fordham University and Yale. She has taught writing for over a decade, in community settings, youth programs, and universities. She lives in Brooklyn with her family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 25, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767415406880,"sku":"9781538702338","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/17b7450acd13ef7fc4464cd19b852200.webp?v=1780310340","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/whats-mine-and-yours-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}