What transpires is the story of one man, one dog, and how they save each other-in ways they ever could have expected. ( From the publisher. It is Chance’s unique spirit that helps him escape and puts him in the path of Adam. The heartbreaking portrait of a large, rural southern family’s attempt to grapple with their mother’s desperate decision to make her newborn son into the daughter she will never have When the seventh child of the Peace family, named Perfect, turns eight, her mother Emma Jean tells her bewildered daughter, You was born a boy. He’s been born and raised to fight and seldom leaves the dirty basement where he is kept between fights.īut Chance is not a victim or a monster. Meanwhile, the Peace family is forced to question everything they thought they knew about gender, sexuality, unconditional love, and fulfillment. It’ll be a little strange at first, but you’ll get used to it, and this’ll be over after while.'įrom this point forward, his life becomes a bizarre kaleidoscope of events. Perfect Peace is a set in the 1940s in a rural black community and explores what happens when a boy is raised as a girl, then abruptly told the truth. But that ain’t what you was supposed to be. When the seventh child of the Peace family, named Perfect, turns eight, her mother Emma Jean tells her bewildered daughter, 'You was born a boy. As seen on TikTok, Daniel Black’s Perfect Peace is the heartbreaking portrait of a large, rural southern family’s attempt to grapple with their mother’s desperate decision to make her newborn son into the daughter she will never havea complex, imaginative story of one unforgettable black family in mid-twentieth century Arkansas. Im back with another hot take on the latest books Ive read.

Title: Perfect Peace Author: Daniel Black Rating: Hi friends. The heartbreaking portrait of a large, rural southern family’s attempt to grapple with their mother’s desperate decision to make her newborn son into the daughter she will never have. Peace Like a River in His Soul Book Review of Perfect Peace by Daniel Black.

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