Review: 'Our Sister's Keeper' by Jasmine Holmes
Sometimes you read a book that brings something you know theoretically into horrifying, intimate, nearly physical clarity. Our Sister's Keeper by Jasmine Holmes is that kind of book for me. Highlighting the immense burden on the shoulders of Black women, this novel is a story of anger, pain, and the endless hope for a better world. Thanks to Bindery Books and NetGalley for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. Pub. Date : 09/06/2026 Publisher : Bindery Books Mississippi, 1927. The groanings are coming. No town is perfect, but East Cobb comes close. It’s a wealthy all-Black Free Town—untouched by white oppression—where ambitious Thea Elliot and her husband plan to make good on their big dreams. Little do they know that the idyllic town teems with ghoulish, walking nightmares . . . that only the women can see. Marah knows the groanings well. She is one of the carriers—women with the ability to pull traumatic memories from men. Populated by men entir...
