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A review by loriluo
The Mothers by Brit Bennett
4.0
I'm so impressed that The Mothers is a debut novel - but having read The Vanishing Half, it's not surprising that Brit Bennett's first novel is of such a high caliber.
The Mothers tells the story of a religious black community in California, when young Nadia Turner accidentally becomes pregnant with the child of the pastor's son, Luke Sheppard. She makes a difficult decision, which becomes even more painful given the fact that her mother committed suicide just half a year earlier. The story is swept under the rug and almost forgotten until years later, when Nadia's best friend Aubrey gets pull in-between them, and neither their past nor present actions can be overlooked.
At its core, The Mothers is about family and love, and the difficult and complex role that mothers take on and play. The novel is well-titled too, as it's a reflection of: the role the protagonist's mothers play in their lives, the name of the church group that frequently carries acts of good faith out for the community, and the identities that Nadia and Aubrey eventually have to face as their lives play out as well.
The Mothers tells the story of a religious black community in California, when young Nadia Turner accidentally becomes pregnant with the child of the pastor's son, Luke Sheppard. She makes a difficult decision, which becomes even more painful given the fact that her mother committed suicide just half a year earlier. The story is swept under the rug and almost forgotten until years later, when Nadia's best friend Aubrey gets pull in-between them, and neither their past nor present actions can be overlooked.
At its core, The Mothers is about family and love, and the difficult and complex role that mothers take on and play. The novel is well-titled too, as it's a reflection of: the role the protagonist's mothers play in their lives, the name of the church group that frequently carries acts of good faith out for the community, and the identities that Nadia and Aubrey eventually have to face as their lives play out as well.