An Autobiography of Skin: A Novel Material:Hardcover “What If

“What If

From the critically acclaimed author of The Library of Legends comes a vividly rendered novel set in WWI France about two young women—one Chinese

And dodging bullets

and now spends her days in detention feeling isolated and invisible

An Autobiography of Skin: A Novel Material:Hardcover “What IfA NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR This magisterial, intimate look at Black womanhood "follows three women whose various traumas haunt them literally and metaphorically, as it explores what it means to be a Black woman in America today" (The New York Times Book Review, Editor's Choice). A middle aged woman feed slots at a secret back room parlor. A new mother descends into a devastating postpartum depression, wracked with the fear that she is unable