Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self

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Fiercely independent, all of Evansâ characters struggle for a place in a world intent of fencing them out.’ – New York Times Book ReviewA college student’s unplanned pregnancy forces her to confront her feelings of resentment toward her more privileged classmates. A fatherâ misguided attempt to rescue a gift for his adult daughter magnifies all he doesn’t know about her. And two teenage girls’ flirt with adulthood leads to disastrous consequences.Based in a world where inequality is reality, but where the shifting terrain of adolescence and family are the most complicating forces, Evans’ characters are wry, wise and utterly original. Striking in their emotional immediacy, the electrifying, prize-winning stories in Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self offer a fresh perspective on race and class in contemporary America.’Danielle Evans is funny as hell’ – Victor LaValle, author of Big Machine’Knife-sharp wit and tender but unflinching eye’ – V.V. Ganeshananthan, author of Love Marriage

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