“A wonderful, jazzy, exciting read.”–Nikki Giovanni, author of AcolytesBroke and burned-out from grad school, Shay Dixon does the unthinkable after receiving a “vision” from her de facto spiritual adviser, blues singer Nina Simone. She phones Nona, the mother she had...

Publisher: Ballantine Books “A wonderful, jazzy, exciting read.”–Nikki Giovanni, author of AcolytesBroke and burned-out from grad school, Shay Dixon does the unthinkable after receiving a “vision” from her de facto spiritual adviser, blues singer Nina Simone. She phones Nona, the...