Behind every strong woman are the women who raised her.
âA powerful family sagaâ OBSERVER
âHeartbreaking, hopeful, and resilient⌠a masterpieceâ TARA M. STRINGFELLOW, author of Memphis
Three women. One blood.
A birth mother
Grace, growing up in segregated Virginia, is only a teenager when her baby is taken from her in the ultimate act of betrayal.
An adoptive mother
Lolo, who takes the baby in, has dreamed of having a family her whole life. She will do whatever it takes whatever it takes to keep her dream intact.
The daughter to both
Pregnant with her first baby, Rae discovers that she is adopted. Now she must face an important reckoning about her two mothersâŚ
One Blood is a powerful story of mothers and daughters, secrets and history: a hymn to Black womanhood.
âEpicâ i PAPER
âHeartbreakingâ KARIN SLAUGHTER
âDeeply movingâ PEOPLE magazine