This book will keep you totally riveted from the very first page and is my favourite piece of fiction so far this year. by Thrity Umrigar.
Everybody’s Son sets up a compelling conflict when a drug-addicted single mother temporarily loses custody of her son. Shelves: fiction. The premise of Thrity Umrigar’s new novel, “Everybody’s Son,” is straightforward: a wealthy white family whose son has died adopts a black child from the projects. Review Everybody's Son. The premise of Thrity Umrigar’s new novel, “Everybody’s Son,” is straightforward: a wealthy white family whose son has died adopts a black child from the projects. His son, James, was killed in an auto accident on prom night. And it must be, for it deals head-on with race in America. James was destined to … The information about Everybody's Son shown above was first featured in "The BookBrowse Review" - BookBrowse's online-magazine that keeps our members abreast of notable and high-profile books publishing in the coming weeks. In most cases, the reviews are necessarily limited to those that were available to us ahead of publication. June 06, 2017 Thrity Umrigar’s disturbing novel is going to be controversial. In Everybody’s Son, Mam suffers at the hands of her drug dealer and is a victim of injustice. everybody's son by Thrity Umrigar ‧ RELEASE DATE: June 6, 2017 A neglected 9-year-old biracial child adopted by a powerful white family grows up to fulfill his potential only to confront a secret which will recast his entire sense of self. When Anton Vesper was nine years old, his mother, Juanita, left him in their apartment in the Roosevelt projects alone and disappeared for seven days. Umrigar’s career as a journalist has rendered her a sharp observer of human nature and an informed writer who plumbs the depth behind the political façade of David to expose him as he really is. David Coleman has a heavy weight to bear. review of another edition. Everybody's Son Thrity Umrigar Review by Arlene McKanic. EVERYBODY’S SON is the story of Anton, a young biracial boy left alone in an apartment for a week by his crack-addicted mother.