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5.0

When beloved middle child Lydia's body is found floating in the lake, the Lee family's teetering co-existence is finally toppled off the edge and into chaos.

Told in alternating POVs and with a very fluid time structure, this is a character study of the Lee family, the only mixed-race family in a small Ohioan town. Lydia's death is just the catalyst for tensions simmering beneath the surface of the various characters, and this is a gorgeously told story of race, gender, family, and expectations. I was kept on the edge of my seat, and can't wait to discuss this with my library's Book to Art Club.

I enjoyed the audio narrator as well.