The Body Adventure and universally lauded memoir—winner of

and universally lauded memoir—winner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal and finalist for the Kirkus Prize—genre-bending essayist and novelist Kiese Laymon “provocatively meditates on his trauma growing up as a black man

a riveting novel that traces the intertwined fates of the picture-perfect Richardson family and the enigmatic mother and daughter who upend their lives

In the end

Raising four very different daughters on her own in rural Arkansas wasn't easy for Miss Pearly Bell

malevolent ghosts

The Body Adventure and universally lauded memoir—winner ofThe Body is a pulse pounding supernatural horror story from bestselling author Bethany C. Morrow, where one woman must survive a series of bizarre and escalating attacks on her marriage. Mavis broke from her parents congregation years ago, but she still hasnt recovered. Their impossible expectations and soul shredding critiques have dug deep into her mind, and shes taunted by the knowledge that even when shes done nothing wrong, shell never be right.