by Téa Mutonji
First published 2026
Tania and Margot are preparing their monthly Sunday Loaf dinner party when Tania drops a bombshell. After more than twenty years of friendship, she wants out. She tells Margot they've been entangled too long and she wants to "unknow" her. But separating proves complicated when Margot's family owns Tania's apartment and has claimed her as their own. As Tania tries to build a life outside Margot's orbit, a pattern of past betrayals comes into focus. Margot insists she means well and reminds Tania they felt like sisters from the beginning. But maybe Tania was simply blind to Margot's manipulations all along. Their friendship becomes a tense breakup negotiation as both women struggle with codependency and the racial and class dynamics that have always shaped their bond. The delicate dance between them builds toward a shocking conclusion that catches them both off guard. This debut novel examines how the most important relationships in our lives can simultaneously nurture and destroy us.
Genres: fiction, drama, literary-fiction, domestic-fiction, friendship, contemporary, 21st-century, contemporary-romance
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
288 pages · Hardcover · G.P. Putnam's Sons