Birnam Wood Delta Reading Month a young black woman who

a young black woman who is suddenly and inexplicably transported from her home in 1970s California to the pre–Civil War South

—and hears the school bus coming down the street—VROOM VROOM

"One day for no particular reason

It's just waiting for the chance to swoop down and peck at your eyes

Your African ancestors defied the odds and survived 400 years of slavery in America and passed down an extraordinary legacy to you

Birnam Wood Delta Reading Month a young black woman whoINTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER A Best Book of the Year: The New York Times Book Review, NPR, The New Yorker, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Time, Financial Times, Slate, The Chicago Public Library, Kirkus, The Telegraph A Barack Obama Summer Reading Pick [A] savagely satirical thriller. People The Booker Prizewinning author of The Luminaries brings us Birnam Wood, a gripping thriller of high drama and kaleidoscopic insight into what drives us to