
My first husband is who I remember most.įirst Husband was once born in 1948 and was murdered just like my third, but I wasn’t surprised. I’ve been married six times, all of them men, all of them taken from me, by God or by man, death in all cases. Since I married a man, no one asks the kind of person I choose anymore. My name is Sarah Shipley and I’ve slept with five women. An excerpt, followed by a Q&A with the author and AFLW Associate Editor Danielle Broadway about the novel’s runaway success, reader reactions and events in conversation. Deon’s coming-of-age speculative fiction book, which recently garnered a NAACP Image Award nomination, delves into Los Angeles history, racism, sexism, fantasy and humanity. Natashia Deón’s second novel, THE PERISHING, is a love letter to time, space and the transformative stories of Black women.
