Watch Us Shine

Once again, Marisa de los Santos delivers a series installment I didn't know I needed or wanted. Cornelia Brown (of Love Walked In) is still dealing with the fallout from a recent and terrifying near-miss involving her son when she learns her mother Ellie has been badly injured in a separate accident. During periods of cognitive struggle, Ellie begins asking for the northern lights. Desperate to do her family some good, Cornelia resolves to bring her mother what she asks—only she has no clue what it means. Her quest takes her deep into her family’s hidden history, and her discoveries force her to reckon with what it means to love our people well in a sometimes-terrifying world. The story stands alone, but the emotional impact will be stronger for those already acquainted with the family.  For fans of Sarah Addison Allen’s Other Birds and Jill McCorkle’s Hieroglyphics.