This decision, one she struggled with, one she truly believed was private and personal, will still be sending shockwaves through her own life and the lives of others years into the future. And so, she makes the decision to get rid of it. She wants to go to college and see the world and be somebody, and refuses to make the same mistake she secretly believes drove her mother to suicide: keeping a child when it’s unwanted. Nadia is smart, too smart to let this baby ruin her life. On top of it all, she just found out she’s pregnant, a product of her secret relationship with a pastor’s son, Luke Shepherd. Her father is still living in his grief, moving through life like a ghost. Nadia Turner is a Black girl with pain in her past and big things in her future. “After a secret’s been told, everyone becomes a prophet.” Instead, even the smallest decisions can have far-reaching consequences, small ripples that grow into tidal waves. An action that seems to only effect one person never does. The Mothers is a powerful, moving picture of a how a secret can wreak havoc on a person, a family, a church, a community. “The weight of what has been lost is always heavier than what remains.”
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