We Are Not Like Them

A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK Named a Best Book Pick of 2021 by HarperΓÇÖs Bazaar and Real Simple Named a Most Anticipated Book of Fall by People,EssenceNew York PostPopSugarNew York NewsdayEntertainment WeeklyTown & CountryBustleFortuneand Book Riot Told from alternating perspectivesan evocative and riveting novel about the lifelong bond between two womenone Black and one whitewhose friendship is indelibly altered by a tragic eventΓÇöa powerful and poignant exploration of race in America today and its devastating impact on ordinary lives. Jen and Riley have been best friends since kindergarten. As adultsthey remain as close as sistersthough their lives have taken different directions. Jen married youngand after years of tryingis finally pregnant. Riley pursued her childhood dream of becoming a television journalist and is poised to become one of the first Black female anchors of the top news channel in their hometown of Philadelphia. But the deep bond they share is severely tested when JenΓÇÖs husbanda city police officeris involved in the shooting of an unarmed Black teenager. Six months pregnantJen is in freefall as her futureher husbandΓÇÖs freedomand her friendship with Riley are thrown into uncertainty. Covering this career-making storyRiley wrestles with the implications of this tragic incident for her Black communityher ambitionsand her relationship with her lifelong friend. Like Tayari JonesΓÇÖs An American Marriage and Jodi PicoultΓÇÖs Small Great ThingsWe Are Not Like Them explores complex questions of race and how they pervade and shape our most intimate spaces in a deeply divided world. But at its heartitΓÇÖs a story of enduring friendshipΓÇöa love that defies the odds even as it faces its most difficult challenges.