The Blue Is Where God Lives: A Novel

Sharon Sochil Washington’s The Blue Is Where God Lives is a mesmerizing, powerful work of Afro-magic realism that reclaims the promise of a family’s destiny through the bending of time.

Blue’s daughter, Tsitra, is dying a violent and horrific death while, thousands of miles away, Blue feels time slowing and hears voices, followed by a stillness that befalls her for 18 months.

More than a century before, Blue’s grandparents Amanda and Palmer attend a salon party in New Orleans. It’s a veri...