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From Goodreads:
Jen and Riley have been best friends since kindergarten. As adults, they remain as close as sisters, though their lives have taken different directions. Jen married young, and after years of trying, is finally pregnant. Riley pursued her childhood dream of becoming a television journalist and is poised to become one of the first Black female anchors of the top news channel in their hometown of Philadelphia.
But the deep bond they share is severely tested when Jen’s husband, a city police officer, is involved in the shooting of an unarmed Black teenager. Six months pregnant, Jen is in freefall as her future, her husband’s freedom, and her friendship with Riley are thrown into uncertainty. Covering this career-making story, Riley wrestles with the implications of this tragic incident for her Black community, her ambitions, and her relationship with her lifelong friend.
Rapid Rating: High.
Profanity includes 19 uses of strong language, around 45 instances of moderate profanity, about 45 uses of mild language, and about 30 instances of the name of Deity in vain. Mention of nudity and body parts; references to sex, some vulgarities, a sex scene that is mostly kissing and undressing and then cuts to afterward; another that is some details and then cuts to after. A shooting.
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