The Best Books of 2021

“The Best Books of 2021” — Vulture’s Hillary Kelly writes, “All That She Carried balances two aims: to share what it can of Ruth Middleton’s matrilineal family and to explore what their lives might tell us about the experiences of other Black women connected, thread by thread, to an uncertain past. The result is as delicate and determined as the story that inspired it.” Published December 15, 2021.