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"A debut novel following the turbulent relationship of a Black biracial teen and her ferocious Russian mother, struggling to survive in the California desert"-- Provided by publisher.
When sixteen-year-old Lara and her fiery mother, Yevgenia, find themselves homeless again, the misnamed Oasis Mobile Estates is all they can afford. In this new community, where residents are down on their luck but rich in humor and escape plans, Lara navigates what it means to be the Black, biracial daughter of a Russian mother and begins to wonder what a life beyond Yevgenia's orbit -- insistence on reading only the right kind of books (Russian), having the right kind of relationships (casual, with lots of sex) -- might look like. Lara knows that something else lies beneath her mother's fierce, independent spirit, but Yevgenia doesn't believe in sharing, least of all with her daughter. When a brutal attack exposes the cracks in their relationship, Lara and Yevgenia are forced to confront the family legacy of violence and the strain of inherited trauma on the bonds of their love.
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PUBLISHED
New York : MCD / Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023.
Year Published: 2023
Description: 308 pages ; 22 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780374604059
0374604053
SUBJECTS
Mothers and daughters -- Fiction.
Racially mixed people -- Fiction.
Russians -- California -- Fiction.
California -- Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Bildungsromans.
Novels.