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Lakewood by Megan Giddings
βAmerica is only routinely good to women, especially Black women, when it wants something from them.β Having recently read Megan Giddings’ intriguing sophomore novel, The Women Could Fly, I decided to revisit Lakewood, a book that I have picked up and put back down on and off since August 2020. Each reading attempt saw me…
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