Running To Fall by Kalisha Buckhanon

The Root, "November 2022 Books by Black Authors We Can't Wait to Read" ESSENCE Magazine's, "18 New Books We Can't Wait To Read This Summer" Bustle's, "The Most Anticipated Books Of September 2022" From the award-winning author of Speaking of Summer comes a suspenseful, truthful look into the lives of women who drink to survive or just to cope, with a provocative narrator who carries readers along an emotional journey to acceptance. Tragedy and Victor Powell have moved to the desirable but dark Grayson Glens enclave of dream homes just outside of Chicago. Stressed urbanites, they've got to live large in real life to stay large online. With only a few blacks in their elite gated community, they settle in but never quite feel at home. Then, a missing young black woman floats up in the Grayson River. Is the spirit of the mysterious scarlet-lettered woman, Raven McCoy, haunting Grayson during the pandemic?