Victor LaValle’s new novel, Lone Women, is set in 1915 and tells the story of Adelaide Henry. The daughter of a farming family, Adelaide is leaving her home in California to start life alone as a homesteader in Montana. She’s one of just two Black people in her new town, and she brings with her a large, heavy trunk that contains her secrets. Author Victor LaValle is a singular writer—he manages to write horror in a beautiful literary style. If you’ve never read his work, do yourself a favor and pick up Lone Women,or any of his other eight books.
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