Alex
“She is the reason no one goes in the water. And she will make them pay”
The writing took a bit to into the flow of, the POV switches between Anais and Bronwyn. They are cousins who are estranged because their fathers had a falling out that is not spoke of, but sept under the rug. (That seems to be a theme throughout the book. Putting the band-aid on an event that needs to be aired out). Anais and Bronwyn's grandmother is placed in hospice, Bronwyn's family moves to a small town in Arkansas. The town has a motto - we don't swim here. There are rituals and sacrifices to be made, but no locals will tell Bronwyn these rules. The mystery was so intriguing, I found myself picking this up every spare moment I had.
Once I got use to the prose that switched between the cousins, I was even more locked in. We Don't Swim Here pulls from Black folks' complicated relationship with swimming the real violent history of how white folks dealt with desegregating pools, and how history can be white washed to the point the event becomes a distant memory and an urban legend.
“She is the reason no one goes in the water. And she will make them pay”
The writing took a bit to into the flow of, the POV switches between Anais and Bronwyn. They are cousins who are estranged because their fathers had a falling out that is not spoke of, but sept under the rug. (That seems to be a theme throughout the book. Putting the band-aid on an event that needs to be aired out). Anais and Bronwyn's grandmother is placed in hospice, Bronwyn's family moves to a small town in Arkansas. The town has a motto - we don't swim here. There are rituals and sacrifices to be made, but no locals will tell Bronwyn these rules. The mystery was so intriguing, I found myself picking this up every spare moment I had.
Once I got use to the prose that switched between the cousins, I was even more locked in. We Don't Swim Here pulls from Black folks' complicated relationship with swimming the real violent history of how white folks dealt with desegregating pools, and how history can be white washed to the point the event becomes a distant memory and an urban legend.