Omorka's Lair

This book is about a couple of artists Jane and Lenny. Jane is a writer, and Lenny is a painter. Jane is biracial, and Lenny is black. They have two children Ruby and Finn. Finn is autistic and obsessed with Godzilla. As two artists living in California with children, they are broke so they move the family around from sketchy sublet to sketchy sublet.

Jane is friends with a guy named Brett that she knew from school. Brett has been successful writing for television. He is obviously a sellout as an artist because he is not broke. Brett lets Jane and Lenny live in his house for a year while he is traveling with his wife. Jane is on sabbatical from her job as a teacher, and she is finishing her book while staying in Brett's house.

This is just the set up for where the true story begins with Jane taking a card from Brett's office.

The author spent a lot of time discussing the Melungeon people of Appalachia. I had never heard of these people. Apparently, they are a mixed-race group of people that were white, black, and indigenous.

The author of this book is married to Percival Everett, the writer who wrote James, which has been very popular this year. His book is a retelling of Huckleberry Finn from Jim's perspective.