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'All Her Little Secrets' asks whether we can reinvent ourselves

<em>All Her Little Secrets: A Novel,</em> Wanda M. Morris

Wanda M. Morris' All Her Little Secrets is a carefully constructed thriller wrapped in a narrative about racism, gentrification, and being the only Black person in an all-white environment.

It's also a story about how we can move away from home and try to change who we are, but we're almost always unable to escape the past.

Ellice Littlejohn grew up with her mom and younger brother Sam in the small town of Chillicothe, Georgia. Her father abandoned her pregnant mother, they were

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