New Novel 'Truth Like Oil' Explores Race, Single Parenting And The Meaning Of Home
The book tells the story of a Black teen struggling with his own demons as the prospects of walking across the stage on commencement day get smaller and smaller.
Graduation season can induce many emotions.
Anxiety about the unknown doesn’t just impact bright-eyed seniors. Worry can wash over the parents of the child who suddenly veers off the path in the wrong direction, affecting their opportunity at receiving a diploma.
Author Connie Biewald tells one such story in which a Black teen, the son of a Haitian immigrant, battles with his own demons as the prospects of walking across the stage on commencement day get smaller and smaller.
Set in Cambridge, Massachusetts, single mom and certified nursing
