If Sons, Then Heirs Exhibitions eventually making their home in

eventually making their home in New Hampshire

For the last several decades

" --Morgan Jerkins

National Book Critics Circle Award Winner A New York Times Notable Book Best Book of the Year for The Washington Post* The New Yorker * Time * The Atlantic * Los Angeles Times * NPR * Harper's Bazaar * Vulture * Town & Country * San Francisco Chronicle * Christian Science Monitor * Mother Jones * Barack Obama A Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick "Impossible to put down

City's two stories ultimately converge in the work shed behind his grandmother's house

If Sons, Then Heirs Exhibitions eventually making their home in"An absorbing and moving tale" (Publishers Weekly) a uniquely American story of the consequences of past decisions on present realities through the narrative of a Black family in Philadelphia rediscovering their roots in South Carolina. After World War II, the Needham family moved north to Philadelphia from South Carolina, leaving behind the tragic injustice surrounding the violent death of their patriarch, King. His devoted widow, Selma, remains on