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Raven Leilani's first novel reads like summer: sentences like ice that crackle or melt into a languorous drip; plot suddenly, wildly flying forward like a bike down a hill.\" --Jazmine Hughes, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"An irreverent intergenerational tale of race and class that's blisteringly smart and fan-yourself sexy.\" --Michelle Hart\u003ci\u003e, O: The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNo one wants what no one wants.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e And how do we even know what we want? How do we know we're ready to take it?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Edie is stumbling her way through her twenties\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003esharing a subpar apartment in Bushwick, clocking in and out of her admin job, making a series of inappropriate sexual choices. She is also haltingly, fitfully giving heat and air to the art that simmers inside her. 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