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Rashid is a young Black man from Bed Stuy, Brooklyn, with a complicated life. Looking for an escape from a neighborhood few ever leave, he finds it in Rachel—married, twenty years his senior, and the daughter of a Holocaust survivor. It begins with flirtation. It becomes an intense romance that defies the expectations of Rashid’s friends and family. What draws Rachel to Rashid is his need for intimacy—everything lacking in her marriage. But as the fault lines of their relationship become more prevalent, so do the inevitable choices one makes when falling in love. Read Bed Stuy by Jerry McGill.