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Told-from-alternating-perspectives,-an-evocative-and-riveting-novel-about-the-lifelong-bond-between-two-women,-one-Black-and-one-white,-whose-friendship-is-indelibly-altered-by-a-tragic-event—a-powerful-and-poignant-exploration-of-race-in-America-today-and-its-devastating-impact-on-ordinary-lives.Jen-and-Riley-have-been-best-friends-since-kindergarten.-As-adults,-they-remain-as-close-as-sisters,-though-their-lives-have-taken-different-directions.-Jen-married-young,-and-after-years-of-trying,-is-finally-pregnant.-Riley-pursued-her-childhood-dream-of-becoming-a-television-journalist-and-is-poised-to-become-one-of-the-first-Black-female-anchors-of-the-top-news-channel-in-their-hometown-of-Philadelphia.But-the-deep-bond-they-share-is-severely-tested-when-Jen’s-husband,-a-city-police-officer,-is-involved-in-the-shooting-of-an-unarmed-Black-teenager.-Six-months-pregnant,-Jen-is-in-freefall-as-her-future,-her-husband’s-freedom,-and-her-friendship-with-Riley-are-thrown-into-uncertainty.-Covering-this-career-making-story,-Riley-wrestles-with-the-implications-of-this-tragic-incident-for-her-Black-community,-her-ambitions,-and-her-relationship-with-her-lifelong-friend.Like-Tayari-Jones’s An-American-Marriage and-Jodi-Picoult’s Small-Great-Things, We-Are-Not-Like-Them explores-complex-questions-of-race-and-how-they-pervade-and-shape-our-most-intimate-spaces-in-a-deeply-divided-world.-But-at-its-heart,-it’s-a-story-of-enduring-friendship—a-love-that-defies-the-odds-even-as-it-faces-its-most-difficult-challenges.
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