Named one of the most anticipated books of 2021 by various publications including; The New York Times and The Washington Post, Libertie by Kaitlyn Greenidge is inspired by the life of one of the first Black female doctors in the United States. Coming of age in a free Black community in Reconstruction-era Brooklyn, Libertie’s mother has a vision for her but she feels stifled by her mother’s choices, and hungers for music, not science. Unlike her mother, Libertie is not White-passing either. When a young Haitian man proposed to her and promises she will be his equal on the islands she accepts, only too soon discover she is still subordinate to him and all men. Libertie struggles with what freedom actually means for a Black woman and where she might find it for herself.