You Are Free by Danzy Senna

A luminous, razor-sharp novel follows a mixed-race woman navigating the precarious terrain of race, desire, and belonging in contemporary America; as she confronts family secrets, the expectations of both Black and white communities, and fraught romantic entanglements, she struggles to define an autonomous identity, reckon with the past, and pursue what freedom really means amid the demands and contradictions of everyday life.

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