Bitter Spring where she rules the roost

where she rules the roost

"Compelling and startling

Bittersweet brings us together in deep and unexpected ways

Navy during the Revolution has been told many times

seasonal feasts to celebrate solstices and equinoxes

Bitter Spring where she rules the roostFrom National Book Award finalist Akwaeke Emezi comes a companion novel to PET that explores both the importance and cost of social revolution and how youth lead the way. Bitter is an aspiring artist who has been invited to cultivate her talents at a special school in the town of Lucille. Surrounded by other creative teens, she can focus on her painting though she hides a secret from everyone around her. Meanwhile, the streets of Lucille are filled