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Raised in Pennsylvania, Thandi views the world of her mother’s childhood in Johannesburg as both impossibly distant and ever present. She is an outsider wherever she goes, caught between being Black and white, American and not. She tries to connect these dislocated pieces of her life, and as her mother succumbs to cancer, Thandi searches for an anchor—someone, or something, to love.
Raised in Pennsylvania, Thandi views the world of her mother’s childhood in Johannesburg as both impossibly distant and ever present. She is an outsider wherever she goes, caught between being Black and white, American and not. She tries to connect these dislocated pieces of her life, and as her mother succumbs to cancer, Thandi searches for an anchor—someone, or something, to love.
Raised in Pennsylvania, Thandi views the world of her mother’s childhood in Johannesburg as both impossibly distant and ever present. She is an outsider wherever she goes, caught between being Black and white, American and not. She tries to connect these dislocated pieces of her life, and as her mother succumbs to cancer, Thandi searches for an anchor—someone, or something, to love.
Cared for as if he were his mother’s only prized possession, 25 year old Eric Dukes is finally convinced by Corey, his best friend and confidant to leave the comforting house and arms of his mother and their codependent relationship, for the fast paced life in the Black Mecca, Atlanta Georgia. Feeling guilty about leaving his mother, who cared for him (while his father lived life as a Rolling Stone), Eric Reluctantly leaves his middle class up bringing in Middle America, to move in with his friend.
Understanding that his boy is a certified Momma’s Boy, Corey is all set to introduce Eric to the ATL in true player form by throwing a Welcome to Atlanta Party, and introducing him to every eligible bachelorette available on his first night. This party puts Eric directly in the limelight, a place that he is the most uncomfortable. Eric is placed in a position where his strong moral upbringing is in direct conflict with the Temptation he will face in Atlanta. Will Corey turn Eric into a player? Can Eric make a decision as it relates to independence, and women without the input from his mother?
Heartbreaking and darkly comic, New People is a bold and unfettered page-turner that challenges our every assumption about how we define one another, and ourselves.
Such a Fun Age is a page-turning and big-hearted story about race and privilege, set around a young Black babysitter, her well-intentioned employer, and a surprising connection that threatens to undo them both.