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“Brit Bennett is the real thing. The Mothers is a stellar novel — moving, thoughtful. Stunning. I couldn’t put it down. I’m so excited to have this brilliant new voice in the world.” –Jacqueline Woodson, National Book Award-winning author of Brown Girl Dreaming and Another Brooklyn
“Brit Bennett’s masterful debut is brimming with unforgettable scenes and the sort of keenly-observed, precise language that makes you look at your own relationships anew. Told with the wisdom of a seasoned, compassionate storyteller, The Mothers is a novel about community, friendship, grief and growth. The two women at the center of this novel are characters you will find yourself thinking about long after you’ve turned the last page– they pull you in close and never let you go. Bennett is a brilliant and much-needed new voice in literature.” –Angela Flournoy, author of National Book Award-finalist The Turner House
“Brit Bennett’s The Mothers is a brilliant exploration of friendship, desire, inheritance, the love we seek, and the love we settle for. It is the kind of book that from its first page seduces you into knowing that the heartbreak coming will be worth it.” –Danielle Evans, author of Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self
“Brit Bennett’s The Mothers is an engaging and assured debut novel of depth, and introspective power. It succeeds as a brilliant study of a modern black woman, and as a lyrical and majestic portrait of her place in society.” —Chigozie Obioma, author of The Fishermen
“Conveys the complexities and challenges of young love with refreshing honesty and beautiful sentences. I cared about Brit Bennett’s characters, and the choices they made, and couldn’t stop reading this remarkable debut.” –Vendela Vida, author of The Diver’s Clothes Lie Empty
“Brit Bennett is so bracingly talented on the page. . . [The Mothers is] astute and absorbing and urgent.” —Jezebel
“This book is something special: sage and sad and spectacular. This is a book about how the choices you make, and those made for you, shape the lovely, hopeful tragedy of your life.” —Bookriot
“A wise and sad coming-of-age story showing how people are shaped by their losses.” —Kirkus
Paperback
Published by Random House Large Print
Oct 11, 2016
| 435 Pages
| 6 x 9
| ISBN 9781524709860
Hardcover
Published by Riverhead Books
Oct 11, 2016
| 288 Pages
| 6 x 9
| ISBN 9780399184512
Ebook
Published by Riverhead Books
Oct 11, 2016
| 288 Pages
| ISBN 9780399184536
CD
Published by Penguin Audio
Oct 11, 2016
| 480 Minutes
| ISBN 9780735288256
Audiobook Download
Published by Penguin Audio
Oct 11, 2016
| 480 Minutes
| ISBN 9780735288263