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269 pages.
Contents: Happily ever after -- Richard of York gave battle in vain -- Boys go to Jupiter -- Alcatraz -- Why won't women just say what they want -- Anything could disappear -- The office of historical corrections.
Summary: Danielle Evans is known for her insights into complex human relationships. With The Office of Historical Corrections, Evans zooms in on particular moments and relationships in her characters' lives in a way that allows them to speak to larger issues of race, culture, and history. We meet Black and multi-racial characters who are experiencing the universal confusions of lust and love, and getting swallowed by grief - all while exploring how history haunts us, personally and collectively. In 'Boys Go to Jupiter' a white college student tries to reinvent herself after a photo of her in a Confederate flag bikini goes viral. In 'Richard of York Gave Battle in Vain' a photojournalist is forced to confront her own losses while attending an old friend's unexpectedly dramatic wedding. And in the eye-opening title novella, a black scholar from Washington DC is drawn into a complex historical mystery that spans generations and puts her job, her love life, and her oldest friendship at risk.