The White Hot: A Novel by Quiara Alegria Hudes Shane Parrish Yusra’s home―and her pool―were no

Yusra’s home―and her pool―were no longer safe

the better

she starts to wonder what would happen if she tried to break out of her own box--and what she might lose by doing so

his best friend/teammate and fellow “orgasm donor” is his roomie—and the women of Boston love them both

a cute smile

The White Hot: A Novel by Quiara Alegria Hudes Shane Parrish Yusra’s home―and her pool―were noThe story of a runaway mothers ten days of freedomand the pain, desire, longing, and wonder we find on the messy road to enlightenmentfrom Pulitzer Prize winner Quiara Alegra Hudes. April is a young mother raising her daughter in an intergenerational house of unspoken secrets and loud arguments. Her only refuge is to hide away in a locked bathroom, her ears plugged into an ambient soundscape, and a mantra on her lips: dead inside. That is, until one