Orange Mint and Honey

Carleen Brice's debut Orange Mint and Honey is an invigorating and poignant novel. After grad school, Shay Dixon feels like she's had enough for a while. Inspired by her spiritual adviser-a blues player named Nina Simon-Shay calls her estranged mother Nona for the first time in years to ask if it would be alright to stay with her for a while.