Luster by Raven Leilani

Luster by Raven LeilaniNo one wants what no one wants. And how do we even know what we want? How do we know were ready to take it? Edie is stumbling her way through her twentiessharing a subpar apartment in Bushwick, clocking in and out of her admin job, making a series of inappropriate sexual choices. She is also haltingly, fitfully giving heat and air to the art that simmers inside her. And then she meets Eric, a digital archivist with a family in New Jersey, including an

far away from the expectations of their parents and the people of their hometown in Massachusetts

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even the most positive traits become vices

a brutal hitman is stalkingher family and the safe world she knows has been turned upside down

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desperate to keep their lives and his tiny garden flourishing