Set within a contemporary black community in Southern California, Brit Bennett's mesmerizing first novel is an emotionally perceptive story about community, love, and ambition. – Chigozie Obioma, author of The Fishermen "Wonderful – warm and tender and necessary." "Brit Bennett's The Mothers is a brilliant exploration of friendship, desire, inheritance, the love we seek, and the love we settle for. It is the kind of book that from its first page seduces you into knowing that the heartbreak coming will be worth it."
Brit Bennett's The Mothers is an engaging and assured debut novel of depth, and introspective power. The Mothers – Brit Bennett (2016) Posted on June 25, 2020 by lizipaulk. Book Review | ‘The Mothers’ by Brit Bennett “Soft things can take a beating. Cover art, synopsis, sequels, reviews, awards, publishing history, genres, and time period. Home About Books. The Mothers By Brit Bennett - FictionDB. So it's pretty pre-loved but I was drawn in by the cover.
"Brit Bennett’s The Mothers is an engaging and assured debut novel of depth, and introspective power. Her second novel The Vanishing Half (2020) was also a New York Times best-seller and was chosen as a Good Morning America Book Club selection . It is the kind of book that from its first page seduces you into knowing that the heartbreak coming will be worth it."
Vendela Vida, author of The Diver's Clothes Lie Empty Brit Bennett's voice is consistently charged with energy and yet simultaneously, her words have the kind of warmth and familiarity as though the novel was a secret being told by your closest friend. All good secrets have a taste before you tell them, and if we’d taken a moment to swish this one around our mouths, we might have noticed the sourness of an unripe secret, plucked too soon, stolen and passed around before its season. Brit Bennett. “Brit Bennett’s The Mothers is an engaging and assured debut novel of depth, and introspective power. "Brit Bennett’s The Mothers is an engaging and assured debut novel of depth, and introspective power. Brit Bennett's voice is consistently charged with energy and yet simultaneously, her words have the kind of warmth and familiarity as though the novel was a secret being told by your closest friend. Book Review | ‘The Mothers’ by Brit Bennett “Soft things can take a beating.
The Mothers is the first book from 25-year-old American Brit Bennett, who came to our attention for her 2014 essay “ I Don’t Know What to Do With Good White People ”, a … It succeeds as a brilliant study of a modern black woman, and as a lyrical and majestic portrait of her place in society. —Chigozie Obioma, author of The Fishermen “Brit Bennett is … Her debut novel The Mothers (2016) was a New York Times best-seller. "Brit Bennett’s The Mothers is a brilliant exploration of friendship, desire, inheritance, the love we seek, and the love we settle for. Award-winning essayist and author Brit Bennett begins her dazzling debut novel with a tantalising teaser: ‘All good secrets have a taste before you tell them...’. In her elegant debut novel, Brit Bennett explores the concept of motherhood in its many forms, centered around a complicated friendship between two teenage girls. THE MOTHERS is a dazzling debut about young love, a big secret in a small community and the moments that haunt us most. It succeeds as a brilliant study of a modern black woman, and as a lyrical and majestic portrait of her place in society."
It succeeds as a brilliant study of a modern black woman, and as … Set in a black community in southern California, The Mothers charts the lives of three young people caught in a love triangle and haunted by the choices made one seaside summer. You gotta be a soft thing in love. But you push somethin’ hard a little bit and it shatters. Still grieving after her mother’s suicide, 17-year-old Nadia Turner develops a tenuous relationship with Luke, the local pastor’s son.