Briar Club 4th kids have you found yourself asking

have you found yourself asking God that same question

the rhythms of jazz and gospel and ordinary speech--at the height of his powers

In their own time both men were underestimated

"--Jasmine Guillory

Briar Club 4th kids have you found yourself asking"Quinn evocatively balances the outward cheerfulness of the 1950s with historical observations exploring racism, misogyny, homophobia and political persecution in this sharply drawn, gripping novel." People Magazine The New York Times bestselling author of The Diamond Eye and The Rose Code returns with a haunting and powerful story of female friendships and secrets in a Washington, DC, boardinghouse during the McCarthy era. Washington, DC, 1950.