As someone navigating my own biracial roots, this was a fascinating but tough read. Rebecca Carroll’s memoir looks at her years instinctively trying to find her black identity after being adopted into an all-white family and community. Her journey is complicated by the introduction of her white biological mother just ahead of middle school, who undermines and manipulates her for years. The intimate and painful journey—including relationships, depression, and career highs and lows—also introduces her extended chosen family who ultimately help her heal. This moving search for identity and it’s exploration of race may particularly appeal to readers of Shonda Buchanan or Roxane Gay.