Jess Brammar

Stylish, suburban Katherine is eighteen when she is propelled into the heart of Professor Jacob Goldman's rambling home and his large eccentric family. As his enchanting yet sharp-tongued wife, Jane, gives birth to her sixth child, Katherine meets beautiful, sulky Roger and his volatile younger brother, Jonathan. Inevitable heartbreak sends her fle...

This debut novel is a big-hearted story about race and privilege, centered around a black babysitter and her well-intentioned employer. When Emira Tucker is accused of kidnapping the child she's babysitting, her employer, Alix Chamberlain, aims to make it right. However, Emira is mired in personal and financial struggles and is skeptical of Alix's help. As their transactional relationship deepens, both women confront their own realities and the consequences of their actions. With empathy and social commentary, this book explores what it means to make someone "family" and the stickiness of transactional relationships.