The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls

A poignant debut chronicling a Michigan family in crisis

Gray’s Care and Feeding takes place in the aftermath of Althea and Proctor’s arrest and convictions when Althea’s two younger sisters come together and to try and look after their nieces. But the life-changing events expose the faults that have shaped the Butler family—the relationships between mothers and daughters, siblings, issues of identity and body image, guilt and regrets. It is understandably compared to The Mothers and An American Marriage. It’s also a surprisingly fast read for a such and emotionally weighty one.