![]() ![]() Her mother had begun to hear the voice of her younger brother Clyde, who was killed in the Vietnam War. While she believes she “finally answered” (9) the momentous question of death, her run-in with Sylvia on the subway back to Brooklyn leads her to think back to the friendships she has not finished mourning.Īugust reflects on her past: at 8 years old in 1973, she moved with her father and brother from SweetGrove, Tennessee to Bushwick, Brooklyn. ![]() Meanwhile, August eats bacon (contradictory to Islam mores) and takes solace in her training. While the two were close as children, they have now grown apart: her brother is a devout member of the Nation of Islam and is expecting his first child with his wife Alafia he takes comfort in Allah. The novel begins in the early 2000s, when August meets up with her brother after her father’s funeral. ![]()
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