By: De'Shawn Charles Winslow
Publish Date: June 6, 2026
Publisher: Random House/One World
General Fiction (Adult)
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Book Review:
I gave this book 4 stars. I really enjoyed myself while reading it.
This book is set in a small New York town that is now mostly a black neighborhood. One of the residents in the area are returning back home after being in prison for 18 months. People are trying to figure out why they would want to return to the old neighborhood after what happened. There are two residents who are worried because of what they did. They didn't do anything wrong but are scared, nonetheless. What did they do; one testified against them and the other told a secret. In their defense they thought the couple were locked up for life.
The author does a great job because you get to know all the characters and you feel for them. Even the couple from prison. As the story goes the couple who were released from prison have issues and they let everyone know and they aren't nice.
This is a short book, so a lot happens and it is full of action. What I like about the story is the friendships and the small-town togetherness.
The book takes place in the year 1982, so during this time is the HIV virus and one of the characters is gay. There is also hatred about the gays and the blacks even in this small town and the towns surrounding it. Just beware when you read it because the n word is used a couple of times.
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