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"LaToya Watkins writes with a gaze that is warm and compassionate, but courageous and unflinching, refusing to look away from difficulty. Perish is a resonant debut novel, a robust family story told with beautiful cadences and textures. Watkins has a wonderful heart that animates every page from beginning to end." - Jamel Brinkley
"From the early pages of this novel, I knew I was in the hands of a master storyteller. Watkins stuns in this impressive debut about how trauma travels with us across generations. This story of family and forgiveness will stay with you long after the last page." - Nancy Johnson
"LaToya Watkins is a writer of undeniable talent and her debut novel, Perish, is a piercing family drama with characters who will stay with you for a long, long time." - Regina Porter
"I'd be hard-pressed to say what I admire most about LaToya Watkins's debut novel - the nuanced, fully realized characters, the firmly rooted sense of place, or the author's fierce, elegant, and fearless prose. Perish is a heartrending story, urgently told, about family, trauma, and the salvific power of forgiveness and love. Helen Jean Turner and her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren will linger in my heart for a long time." - Elizabeth Wetmore
"The love LaToya Watkins has for her characters is evident on every page of this incredibly moving debut. Read Perish with a family member." - De'Shawn Charles Winslow
"From the early pages of this novel, I knew I was in the hands of a master storyteller. Watkins stuns in this impressive debut about how trauma travels with us across generations. This story of family and forgiveness will stay with you long after the last page." - Nancy Johnson
"LaToya Watkins is a writer of undeniable talent and her debut novel, Perish, is a piercing family drama with characters who will stay with you for a long, long time." - Regina Porter
"I'd be hard-pressed to say what I admire most about LaToya Watkins's debut novel - the nuanced, fully realized characters, the firmly rooted sense of place, or the author's fierce, elegant, and fearless prose. Perish is a heartrending story, urgently told, about family, trauma, and the salvific power of forgiveness and love. Helen Jean Turner and her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren will linger in my heart for a long time." - Elizabeth Wetmore
"The love LaToya Watkins has for her characters is evident on every page of this incredibly moving debut. Read Perish with a family member." - De'Shawn Charles Winslow
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