Welcome to Litsy!

In the vein of Such a Fun Age, a whip-smart, compulsively readable novel about two upper-class stay-at-home mothers�one white, one Black�living in a "perfect" suburb that explores motherhood, friendship, and the true meaning of sisterhood amidst the backdrop of America�s all-too-familiar racial reckoning. De�Andrea Whitman, her husband Malik, and their five-year-old daughter, Nina, are new to the upper-crust white suburb of Rolling Hills, Virginia�a move motivated by circumstance rather than choice. De�Andrea is heartbroken to leave her comfortable life in the Black oasis of Atlanta, and between her mother-in-law�s Alzheimer's diagnosis, her daughter starting kindergarten, and the overwhelming whiteness of Rolling Hills, she finds herself struggling to adjust to her new community. To ease the transition, her therapist proposes a challenge: make a white girlfriend. When Rebecca Myland learns about her new neighbors, the Whitmans, she's thrilled. As chair of the Parent Diversity Committee at her daughters� school, she�s championed racial diversity in the community�and what could be better than a brand-new Black family? It�s serendipitous when her daughter, Isabella, and Nina become best friends on the first day of kindergarten. Now, Rebecca can put everything she�s learned about antiracism into practice�especially those oh-so-informative social media posts. And finally, the Parent Diversity Committee will have some� well, diversity. Following her therapist�s suggestion, De�Andrea reluctantly joins Rebecca�s committee. The painfully earnest white woman is so overly eager it makes De�Andrea wonder if Rebecca�s therapist told her to make a Black friend! But when Rolling Hill�s rising racial sentiments bring the two women together in common cause, they find it isn�t the only thing they have in common. . . .