House of Cotton
Monica Brashears
On sale April 4, 2023
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A stunning, contemporary Black Southern Gothic debut
Magnolia doesn’t have much to look forward to. Nineteen, broke, and effectively an orphan, she feels haunted: by her overdrawn bank account, by her predatory landlord, by the ghost of her late grandmother Mama Brown. Then one night a stranger named Cotton walks into her life and offers to turn Magnolia’s luck around.
A new, dazzling, and essential American voice.George Saunders, author of Lincoln in the Bardo, winner of the Booker Prize
A beautiful book about the strange contours of grief.Raven Leilani, author of Luster, winner of the NBCC John Leonard Prize
Monica Brashears is an immense talent, and her enchanting, strikingly original prose will astonish you. Magnolia’s complex voice is nothing short of miraculous. House of Cotton is a powerful, seductive, and subversive novel.Dana Spiotta, author of Eat the Document, winner of the Rosenthal Family Foundation Award
Monica Brashears is a stunning new talent. Her debut, House of Cotton, is an incredible work of harsh beauty and a novel you won’t forget.Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, New York Times bestselling author of Friday Black
Every page, every scene, every sentence of Monica Brashears’s debut novel House of Cotton dazzles and surprises. An intense, enthralling, and deeply satisfying read!Deesha Philyaw, author of The Secret Lives of Church Ladies