Lawless Spaces

"Lawless Spaces" by Corey Ann Haydu is a young adult novel about sixteen-year-old Mimi Dovewick, whose life is upended when a highly publicized sexual assault case threatens to destroy both her and her mother. Seeking to understand their tense relationship, Mimi reaches out to the women of her maternal line by reading the journals they all kept. Through these journals, she discovers the complex history and secrets of the women who came before her. The novel explores themes of family, trauma, and generational relationships.