19 Books to Read In April
Vengeful villagers, philandering philosophers, salty seafarers...and poetry aplenty
14 of 19
We Love You, Charlie Freeman
By Kaitlyn Greenidge
336 pages;
Algonquin Books
Among the narrators of this startling and sharp debut novel is Charlotte, the too-smart-for-her-own-good teenage daughter of a black family paid to raise a chimp as one of their own in a facility that turns out to have a sinister, racist history.
— Dotun Akintoye
Published 03/30/2016