#theblackqueen👸🏾

[hollymbryan]

👸🏾 BLOG + BOOKSTAGRAM TOUR 👸🏾 Thrilled today to be part of the @tbrbeyondtours blog + bookstagram tour for THE BLACK QUEEN by @brownboywriting, which released yesterday from @delacortepress! I'm coming at you today with my... 🌹 Top 5 Reasons to Read THE BLACK QUEEN! 1. Small-town secrets and lies, and examination of how they reverberate through generations “Hate does something to you if you hold onto it for too long. It can turn you into the very thing you’ve been taught to loathe. ... All of it poisoned me. ... That night in my mother’s car changed everything. Made me realize how we’ve both suffered and been affected by the sins and expectations of our parents.” (p. 384-385) 2. Exploration of racism in the Deep South “Separate but equal is still as Southern as iced tea.” (p. 15) 3. Exploration of grief, what it means to lose someone as a teenager/young adult “Nothing sounds good enough to say in front of who knows how many people at tonight’s game. Nothing I’ve scribbled down so far feels like me. Or her, for that matter. “This is why teenagers shouldn’t have to eulogize our friends. We’re supposed to have more time to get this right.” (p. 284) 4. Real talk about how white people respond to accusations of racism, whether systemic or individual, overt or unintentional “Why is it that every time a white person gets called out about their mistreatment of us, they flip the script by accusing *us* of ruining *their* lives by having the nerve to not sit back and take it?” (p. 250) 5. Discussion (geared towards the white reader) of what it means to be actively anti-racist “Learn. Listen. Don’t make your guilt the emotional baggage of others to deal with. It’s not their job to hold our hands and make us feel better.” 🌹 And there you have it! I'll put the synopsis in the comments here for you, and check out my blog post at Book-Keeping (link in bio) for more content plus a link to the full tour schedules! Thanks so much to the publisher and author for the eARC. 👸🏾👸🏾👸🏾 #theblackqueen #theblackqueen👸🏿 #theblackqueen👸🏾 #jumataemill #yathrillers #yathriller #yathrillerbook #yathrillerbooks #blogtour #bookstagramtour #bookkeepingblog https://www.instagram.com/p/CoIdVb_u-fm/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=