With a timely plot, chilling voice and exacting prose, CHERISH FARRAH
should appeal to fans of Jessica Knoll, Gillian Flynn, and Oyinkan
Braithwaite.
From bestselling YA author Bethany C. Morrow comes a new suspense
novel, in the vein of Get Out meets My Sister the Serial Killer,
about a young calculating Black girl who manipulates her way into the
lives of her Black best friend's white wealthy adopted family; but as
she spends more time with the Whitmans, she begins to suspect she may
not be the only one with ulterior motives. . . .
Seventeen year-old Farrah Turner is one of two Black girls in her
country club community, and the only one with Black parents. Her best
friend, Cherish Whitman, adopted by a wealthy white family, is something
Farrah likes to call WGS--White Girl Spoiled. With Brianne and Jerry
Whitman as parents, Cherish is given the kind of adoration and attention
even upper class Black parents can't seem to afford. When Farrah's
family is unexpectedly confronted with foreclosure, the calculating
Farrah--unaccustomed to change and used to being in control--is
determined to keep the life she deserves; a life like the Whitmans'.
As troubled Farrah manipulates her way further into the Whitmans' lives
and home, her efforts revolve around her best friend, Cherish, the only
person she loves, even when she hates her. She and Cherish are bound,
and as long as Farrah can maintain her bond with Cherish, she can claim
control of the life she's earned and manage her own troubling impulses.
But the longer Farrah stays with the Whitmans, the more she notices
strange things happening--a lucrative job offer reaching her dad from
out of state, strange illnesses, and journals that seem to keep track of
all the things happening to Farrah at the Whitman household. As things
starts to unravel, and her suspicion of the Whitmans grows, Farrah
starts to wonder if their motivations may be even more disturbing than
her own.
Told in Farrah's chilling, unforgettable voice and weaving in searing
social commentary on race, class, and belonging, this crossover
slow-burn suspense will keep you on the edge of your seat until the last
page.
