Exploring familial relationships, native myths and gendered violence, Betty is a tender elegy to a mother and a cutting examination of race and class. Living with her family of ten in a white, working class town, Betty and her siblings escape inside swirling oral histories and the gentle comforts of familial myths. As Betty gets older and the smooth veneer of her childhood begins to crack, she uncovers the racist and sexist violence of her family and town's past.
Based on her own mother's life, Tiffany McDaniels latest novel is a stunning look at generational trauma and the unreckoned, uncomfortable truths of a nation.
For fans of Aue and Sing, Unburied, Sing.
