The White Hot by Quiara Alegría Hudes new-release She has no memory of

She has no memory of a great-aunt and no interest in hospitality

shocking and irresistible

My father made a terrible mistake

—Seth Harp

But when their latest prize brings tales of Benedict’s capture by Mereish forces

The White Hot by Quiara Alegría Hudes new-release She has no memory ofThe story of a runaway mothers ten days of freedomand the pain, desire, longing, and wonder we find on the messy road to enlightenmentfrom Pulitzer Prize winner Quiara Alegra Hudes. April is a young mother raising her daughter in an intergenerational house of unspoken secrets and loud arguments. Her only refuge is to hide away in a locked bathroom, her ears plugged into an ambient soundscape, and a mantra on her lips: dead inside. That is, until one