It was released on September 17, 2019, by Dutton Books, and tells the story of two teenage girls who build a relationship, as one acclimates to life in Minneapolis after moving from Trinidad, and the other battles an illness.

After they are caught engaging in sexual activity, Audre is sent to live with her father in Minneapolis, where she meets Mabel.

Audre supports Mabel as she undergoes treatment, both emotionally and through healing practices she has learned from her grandmother.

Readers seeking a deep, uplifting love story will not be disappointed as the novel covers both flourishing feelings and bigger questions around belief and what happens when we face our own mortality.

"[5] In a second starred review Publishers Weekly wrote, "Petrus’s earnest debut successfully, touchingly combines elements of fantasy, bittersweet realism, and potent, affecting spirituality to tell the coming-of-age story of two complex, beautifully drawn young black women whose friendship and love draw them together even as Mabel’s failing health pushes them apart.