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Set in 1940s Mexico, the book follows a con artist who becomes intertwined in the schemes of a boardinghouse owner and her niece.
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Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 29 May 2026
As always, verisimilitude and the supernatural exist side by side in this tale of the denizens of a boardinghouse in Pittsburgh.
—Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 15 May 2026
Bertha runs a Pittsburgh boardinghouse with her husband, Seth, played by Cedric the Entertainer, in 1911 and is part of an ensemble of Black characters a generation removed from enslavement.
—Zak Cheney-Rice, Vulture, 13 May 2026
Not until the night of Saturday, June 24—a full week after the battle—did an express rider gallop up to the boardinghouse on Second Street where Adams and the rest of the Massachusetts delegation were sleeping.
—Literary Hub, 13 May 2026
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Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 29 May 2026
As always, verisimilitude and the supernatural exist side by side in this tale of the denizens of a boardinghouse in Pittsburgh.
—Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 15 May 2026
Bertha runs a Pittsburgh boardinghouse with her husband, Seth, played by Cedric the Entertainer, in 1911 and is part of an ensemble of Black characters a generation removed from enslavement.
—Zak Cheney-Rice, Vulture, 13 May 2026
Not until the night of Saturday, June 24—a full week after the battle—did an express rider gallop up to the boardinghouse on Second Street where Adams and the rest of the Massachusetts delegation were sleeping.
—Literary Hub, 13 May 2026
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“Boardinghouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boardinghouse. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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boardinghouse
noun
board·ing·house
ˈbōrd-iŋ-ˌhau̇s 
ˈbȯrd-
: a house at which persons are boarded
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