Parasol Against the Axe Women After seeing maybe-Ruthy on their

After seeing maybe-Ruthy on their screen

Story argues that to be queer is to be political

or dancing at a strip club--this book is the first to depict a sex-worker parent

Stewart proves indisputably that conjure informs our lives in ways remarkable and ordinary

affectionate Black family

Parasol Against the Axe Women After seeing maybe-Ruthy on theirONE OF BIBLIOLIFESTYLE'S "BEST LITERARY FICTION OF 2024" "A shape shifting novel about the power of stories Helen Oyeyemi is a literary pied piper her voice is the kind that readers gamely follow into the most bewildering and unnerving of situations." The New York Times "A metatextual masterpiece." Publishers Weekly, STARRED REVIEW "Oyeyemi writes here as an heir to Calvino or Borges A dizzying, dazzling romp." Kirkus Reviews The prize winning,