'We Deserve Monuments' highlights a queer, Black love story amidst a family mystery
Podcast: NPR's Book of the DayPublished On: Thu Dec 15 2022
Description: In Jas Hammonds' YA novel, We Deserve Monuments, high school senior Avery is faced with moving from Washington, D.C. to her mom's small hometown in Georgia to be closer to Mama Letty, her aging grandma. But as she grapples with her new surroundings and with a dark, family secret, she also falls in love with the girl next door. In this episode, Hammonds talks to NPR's Juana Summers about the themes of family and identity in their debut book – and why they kind of think of it as "Gilmore Girls, but make it Black and gay."Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
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