Casualties of Truth

"Set in the relative present in greater Washington, D.C., as well as in South Africa during the Truth and Reconciliation hearings of the 1990s, this novel shines a light on the devastating impacts of government-sponsored racism. Prudence Wright is an engaging protagonist who struggles to navigate terrible truths as a young law student witnessing the Truth and Reconciliation hearings and, much later, as a mature woman with a neurodivergent son and a successful career behind her, trying to make sense of what she saw. The story may concern South Africa, but the casualties of truth could not be more relevant in today’s America."