Beautiful House

<p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>North Carolina 1960</em></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Berry Smith saves every penny she earns cleaning houses-but it's not enough. Not for college. Not for freedom. And definitely not enough for the beautiful house she's obsessed with one day owning-a place where she can finally belong.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Then Josephine Walker arrives. Headstrong and ambitious Jo wants the same things Berry does. Their rivalry becomes friendship. Their friendship becomes love.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>But the world is dangerous for two Black girls in love. And when tragedy strikes they're forced to run-together then apart.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Alone in a strange city Berry finds shelter in a rigid religious sect. But safety comes at a cost. And she soon learns that in a world not made for her she's the only one who can make her dreams come true.</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Spanning fifteen years and two lives forever changed by love and loss Beautiful House is a powerful coming of age story about friendship freedom and building the life you dream of</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>-</span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>no matter who tries to stop you.</strong></p>