Red at the Bone - by Jacqueline Woodson

The book "Red at the Bone" by Jacqueline Woodson is a poignant tale of family legacy, exploring the private hopes, disappointments, and longings that can bind or divide us from each other.

Through the lives of two families from different social classes joined together by an unexpected pregnancy, the book delves into issues of class, education, ambition, racial prejudice, sexual desire and orientation, identity, mother-daughter relationships, parenthood, and loss.

With its abiding interest in the miracle of everyday love, "Red at the Bone" is a proclamation that will resonate with readers.

The book's slender miracle of a novel performs a magic trick with time, skipping back and forth between decades with deftness, making it feel like all happens in a heartbeat.

Woodson's writing conjures up Toni Morrison, and her taut and powerful new novel uncovers the role that history and community have played in the experiences, decisions, and relationships of these families.

The book is a true spell of a book, with immense empathy for each member of its wide ensemble, and it contains immense empathy for each member of its wide ensemble, and it offers us new ways to think and embody our burning world.