A review by leahtylerthewriter
Grown Women: A Novel by Sarai Johnson

See full review in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution:

"Beauty queen Charlotte Jackson delivers her baby in 1974, expecting to leave the child behind in the Tennessee town of Chilly Springs where she has hidden her pregnancy. Her plan is to return to her prestigious Atlanta family and attend Spelman College.

Instead, Charlotte leaves the hospital with her little girl, whom she fantasizes about killing “at least a few times a week,” and stays in Chilly Springs..."

https://www.ajc.com/things-to-do/grown-women-explores-complex-mother-daughter-relationships/QWRQXTWB4BFMXJAXYHIBTXZ4JU/