In Piedmont, North Carolina, Jade and Lacey May are mothers who just want the best in life for their children. After an altercation ends in a shooting, Jade's son Gee grows up without a father. Meanwhile, when Lacey May's husband goes to prison, she must do whatever it takes to provide for her three daughters. When a county initiative to bring kids from the west side of town into a predominantly white school on the east side, Jade and Lacey May find themselves at odds leading to choices that will last decades for their children, Gee and Nicole.

What's Mine and Yours is extremely literary, playing with structure in unfortunate ways. The disjointed narrative jumps all over the place, from Jade and Lacey May's backstory to Gee and Nicole in high school and finally Nicole as an adult. You get a chapter told from almost every character's perspective, even the inconsequential side characters. The disjointed storytelling meant the narrative was always meandering and so the story didn't keep my attention for long.