The Mothers by Brit Bennett book not only is the letter

not only is the letter full of a grief she knows all too well

In her bones

That it does means something has gone very wrong

a single mother more interested in a paycheck than homework

The Mothers by Brit Bennett book not only is the letterSet within a contemporary black community in Southern California, Brit Bennett's mesmerizing first novel is an emotionally perceptive story about community, love, and ambition. It begins with a secret. "All good secrets have a taste before you tell them, and if we'd taken a moment to swish this one around our mouths, we might have noticed the sourness of an unripe secret, plucked too soon, stolen and passed around before its season." It is the last