Publication
William Morrow Paperbacks (2015), Edition: Reprint, 352 pages
Awards
Dublin Literary Award (Longlist — 2016)
VCU Cabell First Novelist Award (Winner — Finalist — 2015)
Friends of American Writers Award (Second First — Adult Literature — 2015)
Content and Summary Info
Bisexual Content: A main character (cisgender woman) has/has had romantic and/or sexual relationships with people of more than one gender.
Intersecting Marginalized Identities: Several characters (including the bisexual character) are working-class. Some supporting characters (non-bisexual) are black.
Publisher's Summary: Set against the backdrop of the early 1960s Chicago jazz scene... about a talented but troubled singer, her precocious ten-year-old daughter, and their heartbreaking relationship.