Recent years have seen a new wave of memoirs by Black women, including some about childhood and coming of age. But this memoir gives particular—and perhaps in many similar books, less emphasized—weight to the author’s formation as a reader, writer, and intellectual. Poignant story of youth that is appealing to adult and young adult readers alike. Especially given the rise of book clubs like Well-Read Black Girl and Noname Book Club, this celebration of being a Black woman and a bibliophile will have strong, satisfying resonance for many readers. Lazard is a Bay Area celebrity; her admirers actively use the hashtag #DorothyLazardFanClub across social media platforms. Among her fans are several major local journalists and radio/podcast hosts, including Pendarvis Harshaw (KQED), Liam O’Donoghue (East Bay Yesterday), and Azucena Rasilla (Oaklandside). Her supporters also include Heyday author and History Curator and Program Manager at the California African American Museum in Los Angeles, Susan D. Anderson, who connected Lazard with Heyday.