Black Chameleon: Memory, Womanhood, and Myth when Young is at New

when Young is at New York University

The Millions

An expansive and poignant novel of love

vulnerable corners of womanhood that platitudes and good intentions can't reach

Obiefuna is sent off to Christian boarding school

Black Chameleon: Memory, Womanhood, and Myth when Young is at NewHardcover, like new It's often said that Black women are magic, but what if they really are mythological? Growing up as a Black girl in America, Deborah D. E. E. P. Mouton yearned for stories she could connect totrue ones, of course, but also fables and mythologies that could help explain both the world and her place in it. Greek and Roman myths felt as dusty and foreign as ancient ruins, and tales by Black authors were often rooted too far in the