Meet Me at the Crossroads

"I first got to know Megan Giddings’ writing through her short stories and flash fiction, and I adored her first two novels – so it’s no surprise to me that her third, Meet Me at the Crossroads, is gorgeous, heartfelt and wonderfully strange. Twins Ayanna and Olivia each live with a different parent: Olivia with their Christian mom and Ayanna with their Pathsong dad. Pathsong, the religion Ayanna comes of age in, is a belief system centered around the seven mysterious doors that have appeared around the world and which open at unpredictable intervals. Through the doors lies, maybe, the world of the dead – or, maybe, just a totally different plane of existence. When Ayanna takes part in a ritual that brings her through the doors, Olivia unexpectedly tags along and, well, you should read it and find out."