A review by feliciaclark
Rebecca, Not Becky by Catherine Wigginton Greene, Christine Platt

emotional funny hopeful informative reflective tense medium-paced
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Two women (one white, one black), both upper-class mothers and wives trying to care for their mothers-in-law who have dementia, struggle to balance it all in the Caucasian-heavy suburbs. 

Rebecca is trying to promote anti-racism in the conservative town but has problematic views of her own. De’Andrea is new to the neighborhood and quickly learns they are the only Black family in town. 

The two women must learn to work together and team up to take down a confederate statue that no one seems to have noticed until now. So many cringey moments in this one.