02845cam a2200385 i 4500 515895353 TxAuBib 20211011120000.0 210402s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2021015882 9781982181031 1982181036 TxAuBib rda Pride, Christine. We are not like them : a novel / Christine Pride and Jo Piazza. First Atria Books hardcover edition. New York, NY : Atria Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2021. ℗2021. 315 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "The Good Morning America Book Club, a GMA book club pick!." --Front cover. Includes topics and questions for discussion. "Told from alternating perspectives, an evocative and riveting novel about the lifelong bond between two women, one Black and one white, whose friendship is indelibly altered by a tragic event-a powerful and poignant exploration of race in America today and its devastating impact on ordinary lives. Jen and Riley have been best friends since kindergarten. As adults, they remain as close as sisters, though their lives have taken different directions. Jen married young, and after years of trying, is finally pregnant. Riley pursued her childhood dream of becoming a television journalist and is poised to become one of the first Black female anchors of the top news channel in their hometown of Philadelphia. But the deep bond they share is severely tested when Jen's husband, a city police officer, is involved in the shooting of an unarmed Black teenager. Six months pregnant, Jen is in freefall as her future, her husband's freedom, and her friendship with Riley are thrown into uncertainty. Covering this career-making story, Riley wrestles with the implications of this tragic incident for her Black community, her ambitions, and her relationship with her lifelong friend. Like Tayari Jones's An American Marriage and Jodi Picoult's Small Great Things, We Are Not Like Them explores complex questions of race and how they pervade and shape our most intimate spaces in a deeply divided world. But at its heart, it's a story of enduring friendship-a love that defies the odds even as it faces its most difficult challenges"-- Provided by publisher. 20211011. Interracial friendship Fiction. Race Fiction. Police shootings Fiction. African American journalists Fiction. Female friendship Fiction. Pregnant women Fiction. Women Fiction. Piazza, Jo.