For Annalie, this was meant to be a summer of new possibilities, and she resents her sister's sudden presence and insistence on drawing negative attention to their family. Especially once Margaret's own investigation begins to make members of their community uncomfortable. Instead, her sister and mother would rather move on. When their house is vandalized with a shocking racial slur, Margaret rushes home from her summer internship in New York City. Margaret looks just like their mother, while Annalie passes for white and looks like the father who abandoned them years ago, leaving their Chinese immigrant mama to raise the girls alone in their small, predominantly white Midwestern town. Seventeen-year-old Annalie is bubbly, sweet, and self-conscious, whereas nineteen-year-old Margaret is sharp and assertive. The Flanagan sisters are as different as they come. A sweeping debut novel about first love, complicated family dynamics, and the pernicious legacy of racism.
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