This Close to OkayA powerful, vibrant novel about the life changing weekend shared between two strangers, from the award winning writer Roxane Gay calls "a consummate storyteller." On a rainy October night in Kentucky, recently divorced therapist Tallie Clark is on her way home from work when she spots a man precariously standing at the edge of a bridge. Without a second thought, Tallie pulls over and jumps out of the car into the pouring rain. She convinces the man to

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cis woman's life

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and opportunities facing teachers in diverse classrooms

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Lowery speaks to Brown's family and the families of other victims other victims' families as well as local activists

offering a mirror into our own lives

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