The Two Lives of Sara av Catherine Adel West

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Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2022 by Ms. Magazine, The Root, Popsugar, Bustle, and many more!¿An utterly absorbing and dazzling novel about¿the stories we tell to stay alive and the secrets we keep to protect ourselves.¿¿¿ Nancy Jooyoun Kim,¿New York Times¿Bestselling author of¿The Last Story of Mina Lee¿In 1960s¿Memphis, a¿young mother finds refuge in a boardinghouse where family encompasses more than just blood and hidden truths can bury you or set you free.¿¿Sara King has nothing, save for her secrets and the baby in her belly, as she boards the bus to Memphis, hoping to outrun her past in Chicago. She is welcomed with open arms by Mama Sugar, a kindly matriarch and owner of the popular boardinghouse The Scarlet Poplar. Like many cities in early 1960s America, Memphis is still segregated, but change is in the air. News spreads of the Freedom Riders. Across the country, people like Martin Luther King Jr. are leading the fight for equal rights. Black literature and music provide t