ARC Book Review: No One Ever Asked by Katie Ganshert
Release Date: April 3, 2018
Publisher: Water Brook
Format: ebook
Pages: 379 pages
Genre: Culture/ Race/ Fiction/Christian
Buy: Kindle | Paperback
Synopsis:
When an impoverished school district loses its accreditation and the affluent community of Crystal Ridge has no choice but to open their school doors, the lives of three very different women converge: Camille Gray--the wife of an executive, mother of three, long-standing PTA chairwoman and champion fundraiser--faced with a shocking discovery that threatens to tear her picture-perfect world apart at the seams. Jen Covington, the career nurse whose long, painful journey to motherhood finally resulted in adoption but she is struggling with a happily-ever-after so much harder than she anticipated. Twenty-two-year-old Anaya Jones--the first woman in her family to graduate college and a brand new teacher at Crystal Ridge's top elementary school, unprepared for the powder-keg situation she's stepped into. Tensions rise within and without, culminating in an unforeseen event that impacts them all. This story explores the implicit biases impacting American society, and asks the ultimate question: What does it mean to be human? Why are we so quick to put labels on each other and categorize people as "this" or "that", when such complexity exists in each person?
Review:
What a timely book. This was a great book because it really gave different perspectives on the same situation. I was particularly drawn to Jen who has an adopted daughter from Africa given that I work in adoption and we are strong advocates for making sure that adoptive parents really understand what raising a child of a different race is going to be like. What they need to think about, what talks they need to have with their children, hair and skin care etc. I've already recommended this book to several people that I work with and that I know who have adopted transracially.
Given the racial tensions going on in our country today this book couldn't have come at a better time. People really need to take a look at themselves and what drives them to do or say the things they do. Camille learns her lessons the hard way, even Anya the new teacher at the all white school learns some valuable lessons about how stereotyping people can be used to create fear. This book is full of the complex issues surrounding race in America. This book should be read by everyone.
Given the racial tensions going on in our country today this book couldn't have come at a better time. People really need to take a look at themselves and what drives them to do or say the things they do. Camille learns her lessons the hard way, even Anya the new teacher at the all white school learns some valuable lessons about how stereotyping people can be used to create fear. This book is full of the complex issues surrounding race in America. This book should be read by everyone.
Disclaimer: I received an advanced copy of this book from the publisher through netgalley.com in exchange for an honest review.
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