![]() ![]() And I’m going to keep writing it and my publisher is still going to publish it. At one point, she tells People, "It saddens me already, but I’m expecting. ![]() Her third novel unpacks teen pregnancy and parenthood, police brutality, and the prison system as a form of modern slavey - issues she acknowledges are tough but must be discussed. So many of them do.”Īngie also admits she believes Concrete Rose could get banned, which was also the case with The Hate U Give. "The big thing I’m excited for readers to learn about with Maverick, specifically, is that there are things that he has done in his life that his kids don’t even know about," Angie revealed in the People interview, going on to say, "I’m also excited to show this bonding between father and son… So many people assume that Black kids, especially Black kids in the hood, don’t have fathers. Concrete Rose, the title for which draws inspiration from the Tupac Shakur song "The Rose That Grew From Concrete," will follow not only Maverick's journey as a 17-year-old, but as a young father to Starr's older brother, Seven. ![]()
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