Perish Format:Hardcover and the looming threat of

and the looming threat of foreign espionage from Kathy Wang

Whoever controls our memories controls the future

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Perish Format:Hardcover and the looming threat ofNamed A Most Anticipated Book of 2022 by *Good Morning America. com* *Essence* *Esquire* *Bustle* *PopSugar* *Ms. Magazine* and *The Millions* From a stunning new voice comes a powerful debut novel, Perish, about a Black Texan family, exploring the effects of inherited trauma and intergenerational violence as the family comes together to say goodbye to their matriarch on her deathbed. Bear it or perish yourself. Those are the words Helen Jean hears