EAN: 9781984802460

LIFE AND OTHER LOVE SONGS - ANISSA GRAY GEBUNDEN

Musical in structure—the octaves rise when the music calls for it  truths are revealed by the
invisible beats of this gorgeous  rich story” –Ann Napolitano  New York Times bestselling
author of Hello Beautiful (Oprah’s Book Club Pick)Riveting  rhythmic  transcendent...a stellar
family saga.”—Jacqueline Woodson  New York Times bestselling author of Red at the Bone Named a
Most Anticipated Book by Time ∙ Essence ∙ Real Simple ∙ Good Housekeeping ∙ Atlanta-Journal
Constitution ∙ The Root ∙ SheReads ∙ Atlanta Magazine ∙ Zibby Mag A father’s sudden
disappearance exposes the private fears  dreams  longings  and joys of a Black American family
in the late decades of the twentieth century  in this page-turning and intimate new novel from
the author of The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls.It’s a warm  bright October
afternoon  and Ozro Armstead walks out into the brilliant sunshine on his thirty-seventh
birthday. At home  his wife Deborah and daughter Trinity prepare a surprise celebration  down
the street  his brother waves as Oz heads back to his office after having lunch together. But
he won’t make it to the party or even to his briefcase back at his desk. He's about to
disappear. In the days  months  and years to follow  Deborah and Trinity look backward and
forward as they piece together the life of the man they love  but whom they come to realize
they might never have truly known. In a gripping narrative that moves from the Great Migration
to 1970s Detroit and 1990s New York  we follow the hopes  triumphs  losses  and secrets that
build up and tear apart an American family.

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