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Harrowing tale of survival amid systemic injustice.

"Nightcrawling" resonates deeply because it's raw and real. Kiara's struggle to protect her family and her battle against corruption are heart-wrenching yet threaded with a hope that speaks to the resilience of the human spirit. It's a book that might change the way you look at forgotten voices on society's fringe, making it a gripping read for anyone drawn to stories of grit, injustice, and the pursuit of justice.

  • Booker Prize Nominee for Longlist (2022)
  • California Book Award for First Fiction Gold (2022)
  • Audie Award Nominee for Best Female Narrator (2023)
  • Lambda Literary Award Nominee for Lesbian Fiction (2023)
  • Hurston/Wright Legacy Award Nominee for Debut Fiction (2023)
  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fiction and for Debut Novel (2022)
  • The Rooster -- The Morning News Tournament of Books Nominee for Shortlist (2023)
  • The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize Nominee for Longlist (2022)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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ISBN: 9781526634559
Authors: Leila Mottley
Date of Publication: 2022-06-07
Format: Paperback
Related Topics: Race
Goodreads rating: 3.96
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A dazzling, unforgettable novel about a young Black woman who walks the streets of Oakland and stumbles headlong into the failure of its justice system—a debut that announces a blazingly original voice.Kiara Johnson and her brother Marcus are barely scraping by in a squalid East Oakland apartment complex optimistically called the Royal-Hi. Both have dropped out of high school, their family fractured by death and prison. But while Marcus clings to his dream of rap stardom, Kiara hunts for work to pay their rent—which has more than doubled—and to keep the 9-year-old boy next door, abandoned by his mother, safe and fed. One night, what begins as a drunken misunderstanding with a stranger turns into the job Kiara never imagined wanting but now desperately needs: nightcrawling. And her world breaks open even further when her name surfaces in an investigation that exposes her as a key witness in a massive scandal within the Oakland police department. Full of edge, raw beauty, electrifying intensity, and piercing vulnerability, Nightcrawling marks the stunning arrival of a voice unlike any we have heard before.
 

Harrowing tale of survival amid systemic injustice.

"Nightcrawling" resonates deeply because it's raw and real. Kiara's struggle to protect her family and her battle against corruption are heart-wrenching yet threaded with a hope that speaks to the resilience of the human spirit. It's a book that might change the way you look at forgotten voices on society's fringe, making it a gripping read for anyone drawn to stories of grit, injustice, and the pursuit of justice.

  • Booker Prize Nominee for Longlist (2022)
  • California Book Award for First Fiction Gold (2022)
  • Audie Award Nominee for Best Female Narrator (2023)
  • Lambda Literary Award Nominee for Lesbian Fiction (2023)
  • Hurston/Wright Legacy Award Nominee for Debut Fiction (2023)
  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fiction and for Debut Novel (2022)
  • The Rooster -- The Morning News Tournament of Books Nominee for Shortlist (2023)
  • The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize Nominee for Longlist (2022)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.