TY - BOOK AU - Yanique,Tiphanie TI - Monster in the middle SN - 9781594633607 PY - 2021/// CY - New York PB - Riverhead Books KW - Man-woman relationships KW - Fiction KW - Interracial couples KW - Families KW - Immigrants KW - Religion KW - Persecution KW - African Americans KW - Racism KW - Romance fiction KW - lcgft N1 - Love letter -- Fly. Oakland Gomorrah ; Extermination ; God's caravan ; Other women ; The special world -- Stela. The living sea ; Monster in the middle ; Belly of the whale ; Experimental studies ; Rooted -- Stela and fly. Sestina ; Meeting the monster N2 - "This novel maps the romantic history and emotional inheritance of one couple newly in love. Monster in the Middle moves from the U.S. to the Virgin Islands to Ghana and back again, to show how one couple's romance is influenced by the family lore and love stories that preceded their own pairing"-- ER -