“Early loved her hair, so she always paid it special attention. Once, Jude had seen him ease up behind her mother and bury his face in a handful of her hair. She didn’t know who she wanted to be in that moment – Early or her mother, beautiful or beholding – and she’d felt so sick with longing that she turned away.”

“Early loved her hair, so she always paid it special attention. Once, Jude had seen him ease up behind her mother and bury his face in a handful of her hair. She didn’t know who she wanted to be in that moment – Early or her mother, beautiful or beholding – and she’d felt so sick with longing that she turned away.”

— Brit Bennett