concrete girl Music Etaf Rum’s follow-up to her

Etaf Rum’s follow-up to her debut

With trademark candor and fierce intelligence

Jazz has to decide if she can leave the past where it belongs… for a love that she deserves

She is determined to turn corn into cornbread and to take care of her children the best way she knows how--by serving food that's good for the soul--and along the way forges a path that leaves a legacy of success for generations to come

Cesar can hide a fair amount of shame behind jokes and his “gifted” reputation

concrete girl Music Etaf Rum’s follow-up to herThis poetry book is a raw and unfiltered memoir about love and heartbreak the kind that shapes you and shatters you. It's about first loves and lost loves, about the way girls are taught to shrink themselves for affection and the journey of unlearning that. It delves into grief, the loss of a sibling and the quiet ways absence rewrites you. It is about a childhood marked by hardship, by domestic violence, by wounds that take years to name. And yet, at