There You Are, Mathea Morais
There You Are, Mathea Morais
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There You Are

Author: Mathea Morais

Narrator: Brandon Johnson

Unabridged: 10 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/22/2019


Synopsis

Octavian Munroe is haunted by the life and death of his older brother in one of the most racially segregated cities in the country. Mina Rose has never quite fit in and wishes she was anything but white. Once lovers, now estranged, they both left St. Louis for fresh starts in the wake of grief and heartbreak. Octavian and Mina travel homeward in the aftermath of Michael Brown's death and the awakening of the Black Lives Matter movement. In search of answers, they seek out the music that once gave their hearts a steady beat and their lives a sense of direction. The record shop where they fell in love as teenagers is closing for good, sparking a desire for closure. This raw, powerful story of love and loss reckons with how fear shapes even the most fleeting collisions between friends, neighbors, and strangers.

Reviews

Goodreads review by LaShawn

Mathea Morais is a beautiful writer. Maybe it was the fact that it was mainly set in the 80s and 90s when I grew up with music that I still listen to that gave it this nostalgic feel? But the way she wove together the stories of all of the characters, the feel of it was beautiful. It wasn’t a quick......more

Goodreads review by Sally

I love this book. I have read it twice, and I keep leafing through it wanting to inhabit it further, happy with whatever page I land on. I think this is because it is woven of so many appealing and expertly spun threads; I am happy to re-live and follow each of them. The crux of the joy of this nove......more