![]() LaToya Watkins's PERISH follows four members of the Turner clan: Julie B., a woman who regrets her wasted youth and the time spent under Helen Jean's thumb Alex, a police officer grappling with a dark and twisted past Jan, mother of two, who yearns to go to school and leave Jerusalem and all of its trauma behind for good and Lydia, a woman whose marriage is falling apart because her body can't seem to stay pregnant as they're called home to say goodbye to their mother and grandmother, Helen Jean. TARGET AUDIENCE: For fans of powerful and moving family stories and in the vein of authors such as Jesmyn Ward, Brit Bennett, and Tommy Orange, comes debut novel PERISH, about a Black Texan family, exploring the effects of inherited trauma and intragenerational violence as the family comes together to say goodbye to their matriarch on her deathbed. ![]()
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