We are not Like Them

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Call Number: Adult Book / Fiction / General / Pride, Christine
On Shelf At: Pittsfield Branch

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Pittsfield Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / General / Pride, Christine	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Malletts Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / General / Pride, Christine	4-week checkout	Due 05-03-2024
Traverwood Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / General / Pride, Christine	4-week checkout	Due 05-14-2024
Westgate Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / General / Pride, Christine	4-week checkout	Due 05-23-2024

Includes Book club favorites reader's guide, with discussion questions.
"Told from alternating perspectives, an evocative and riveting novel about the lifelong bond between two women, one Black and one white, whose friendship is indelibly altered by a tragic event--a powerful and poignant exploration of race in America today and its devastating impact on ordinary lives. Jen and Riley have been best friends since kindergarten. As adults, they remain as close as sisters, though their lives have taken different directions. Jen married young, and after years of trying, is finally pregnant. Riley pursued her childhood dream of becoming a television journalist and is poised to become one of the first Black female anchors of the top news channel in their hometown of Philadelphia. But the deep bond they share is severely tested when Jen's husband, a city police officer, is involved in the shooting of an unarmed Black teenager. Six months pregnant, Jen is in freefall as her future, her husband's freedom, and her friendship with Riley are thrown into uncertainty. Covering this career-making story, Riley wrestles with the implications of this tragic incident for her Black community, her ambitions, and her relationship with her lifelong friend. Like Tayari Jones's An American Marriage and Jodi Picoult's Small Great Things, We Are Not Like Them explores complex questions of race and how they pervade and shape our most intimate spaces in a deeply divided world. But at its heart, it's a story of enduring friendship--a love that defies the odds even as it faces its most difficult challenges"-- Provided by publisher.

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Multiple Perspectives submitted by adimarzo on July 27, 2023, 9:58am This novel is written by two authors about two best friends, one white and one black, who are both connected to a police shooting of a black teenager. I appreciated the nuanced perspectives of both main characters. The novel tries to address a number of race-related issues, and maybe tries to do a bit too much, but all in all it was a well written and important story.