For April bookclub I have chosen Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley. Sorry there was not a March bookclub. My last few weeks of work before I went on maternity leave just became a mad rush. My daughter went down with chickenpox and then I went into early labour. Not really the pre baby nesting I was expecting. Alas we move
There has been a lot of hype around Mottley’s book Nightcrawling which she wrote when she was still a teenager! Making her the youngest person to be nominated for the booker prize. It’s been on my kindle for a little while that this could be the perfect moment to read together.
A bit about the book - taken from goodreads
Kiara and her brother, Marcus, are scraping by in an East Oakland apartment complex optimistically called the Regal-Hi. Both have dropped out of high school, their family fractured by death and prison. But while Marcus clings to his dream of rap stardom, Kiara hunts for work to pay their rent--which has more than doubled--and to keep the nine-year-old boy next door, abandoned by his mother, safe and fed.
One night, what begins as a drunken misunderstanding with a stranger turns into the job Kiara never imagined wanting but now desperately needs: nightcrawling. Her world breaks open even further when her name surfaces in an investigation that exposes her as a key witness in a massive scandal within the Oakland Police Department.
A bit about the author -
Leila Mottley is the author of the novel Nightcrawling, an Oprah’s Book Club pick and New York Times best seller. She was also the 2018 Oakland Youth Poet Laureate. She was born and raised in Oakland, where she continues to live.
Pages in book - 277
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