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Swing Time By Zadie Smith

Zadie Smith’s newest novel brings two young girls together through circumstance and a mutual love of dance, fostered by the musicals and music videos they grow up watching. Covering decades of their lives as they diverge, the novel jumps from London to West Africa to New York, all while exploring ideas of cultural appropriation, freedom and belonging. Throughout all these years, the complicated bonds of the girls’ childhood friendship are present. Smith’s characters are flawed and real, and her writing has a resonating humanity.

Kelly, R. J. Julia Booksellers, Madison