Some secrets rot in silence. Others scream to be heard.
When Sydney Singleton finds a photo of a girl who looks eerily like her, she unearths a family secret buried for decades: her aunt Carol—one of six Black girls who vanished from North Carolina in the 1960s—was never spoken of again. Now, with her grandmother gone and motherhood slipping from her grasp, Sydney becomes obsessed with discovering what really happened.
But digging into the past has a cost. She’s been here before—once losing herself to another missing girl’s case and barely clawing her way back. As history threatens to repeat itself, Sydney must confront a family legacy of silence, shame, and survival.
We Don’t Talk About Carol is a haunting debut about buried truths, generational trauma, and the courage it takes to finally speak.
